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JOHN  CHRISTIAN  SCHELL 
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COMPILED  BY 


CHRISTIAN  DENISSEN, 

PASTOR  OF 
ST,  CHARLES'  CHURCH 

Detroit.  Michigan, 


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JOHN    CHRISTIAN    SCHELL 

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JOHN    SCHELL. 


dompiUd  by 
CHRISTIAN  DENISSEN, 

Pastor  of  St.  Charles'  Churcli, 

Detroit.  Michigan. 


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CHRISTIAN   DENISSEN, 

in  the  Oifice  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 

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INTRODUCTION. 

I  offer  this  pamphlet  to  the  SCHELLS  of  America  and 
to  those  connected  with  them  by  family  ties.  Anybody  else 
will  hardly  be  interested  in  reading  this  historical  biography. 
I  was  moved  to  compile  this  genealogy,  to  save  from  ob- 
livion historical  facts,  which  may  otherwise  be  lost  to  pos- 
terity. Such  work,  anyway,  is  quite  to  my  liking.  I  do 
not  claim  this  work  to  be  complete,  but  I  hope,  that,  at  some 
propitious  time,  some  one  will  bring  it  nearer  to  perfection. 
I  may  have  made  some  mistakes,  the  older  members  of  the 
Schell  family  will  be  able  to  detect  them;  and  I  wish  they 
would  inform  me  of  the  same,  to  enable  me  to  make  cor- 
rections. But  I  hope  they  will  not  be  too  rash  in  their  con- 
demnation, if  they  base  their  judgment  upon  certain  books 
or  manuscripts,  which  contain  erroneous  information.  1 
have  not  been  partial  to  any  branch  of  the  family,  but  I  give 
what  facts  and  dates  I  have  obtained.  I  regret  very  much 
that  more  is  not  at  my  disposal.  I  have  looked  for  more 
information,  but  it  did  not  reach  me  and  I  have  to  give  this 
to  the  press.     It  seems  advisable  not  to  wait  any  longer. 

To  Mr.  Robert  A.  Schell  of  Lexington,  Mich.,  I  am  in- 
debted for  valuable  information,  and,  in  truth,  he  is  greatly 
the  cause  that  I  have  compiled  this  work.  Mrs.  Mary 
Amelia  Jarvis,  daughter  of  Daniel  Schell  and  grand- 
daughter of  Henry  Schell  the  twin,  residing  at  present  at 
Riverside,  county  of  Riverside,  California,  has  furnished  me 
with    abundant   material    from    a    reliable    source.      When 


346091: 


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young  she  has  heard  her  grandfather  and  her  grandmother, 
Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer,  recounting  their  stories, 
they  residing  at  her  father's  home.  Her  own  father  is  now 
dwelHng  with  her  family,  and  when  she  is  not  certain  of 
some  facts,  she  knows  how  to  clear  away  doubts  by  re- 
freshing her  fathers  memory.  She  has  the  peculiar  talent 
of  doing  things  systematically,  hence  her  information  is 
clear  and  to  the  point.  I  ask  of  all  the  Schells  to  send  to  my 
address  further  information,  concerning  this  matter;  it 
might  be  used  later  for  a  new  edition,  to  be  compiled  by 
myself  or  somebody  else. 

CHRISTIAN  DENISSEN, 
287  Baldwin  Ave.,  Detroit,  Michigan. 


HISTORY. 

First  Generation. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  i8th  century,  a  MR.  SCHELL 
was  Hving  on  the  Rhine,  in  the  city  of  Baden-Baden,  in  the 
grand  duchy  of  Baden,  Germany.  Amongst  his  other 
children,  he  had  two  sons,  HANNES  KRIST  or  JOHN 
CHRISTIAN  SCHELL  and  HANNES  or  JOHN 
SCHELL.  These  two  brothers,  in  their  early  manhood, 
left  their  parents  and  their  home  and  came  to  America. 

That  countr}'  which  is  drained  by  the  Mohawk  river, 
was  occupied  from  time  immemorial  by  the  Mohawk  In- 
dians, as  they  were  the  fiercest,  the  head  of  the  confederacy 
of  the  Five  Nations  or  Iroquois.  This  was  a  beautiful  coun- 
try. Tlie  Dutch  or  Hollanders  had  penetrated  it  for  the 
purpose  of  trade,  from  the  Hudson  river,  and  Fort  Orange, 
now  Albany,  was  built  by  Henry-  Christiaans,  in  1614. 
Gradually  they  pushed  their  settlements  up  the  Mohawk 
river  on  the  rich  bottom  lands,  as  far  as  Caughnawaga. 
Beyond  that  point  the  first  white  settlers  were  Germans  who 
occupied  the  district  known  as  the  "German  Flats."  About 
the  year  1709,  three  thousand  Germans  came  over  from 
the  Palatinate  or  Rlienish  Bavaria  and  from  Baden.  Some 
of  them  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  the  large  majority  of  them 
ascended  the  Hudson  river  and  found  their  way  into  the 
rich  valley  of  Schoharie-Kill,  about  the  year  171 3,  and  from 
there  to  the  German  Flats,  which  place  was  settled  as  early 
as  1720.  The  settlers  were  industrious  and  prospered  in 
their  new  homes.  Accessions  from  their  relations  and 
friends  in  the  Old  Country,  increased  their  number  to  a  rc- 
spectaljle   district.     All   tlie   colonial   settlements   West   and 


South-West  of  Schenectady  formed  the  county  of  Tryon, 
set  ofif  from  Albany  county,  organized  in  1772  and  named 
after  V/illiam  Tryon  then  Governor  of  the  Province.  This 
county  was  later  on  subdivided  and  part  of  it  became 
Herkimer  county  named  after  General  Nicolas  Herkimer 
who  fell  there  in  battle  in  1777,  and  had  his  home  in  that 
locality. 

The  Schell  brothers,  having  arrived  in  America,  made 
their  way  to  the  German  Flats  or  the  Mohawk  valley,  with 
the  intention  of  settling  permanently  among  their  country- 
men of  that  district.  They  bought  farms  joining  and 
located  upon  them.     Here   they  found  their  partners   for 

their  new   homes.     John   Schell   married   Barbara , 

and  John  Christian  selected  Maria  ,  who  seemed  to 

have  been  patterned  after  himself  for  coolness  and  bravery. 
Both  had  large  families:  John  Christian  Schell  had  three 
daughters  and  five  sons,  and  in  due  time  each  of  his  sons 
raised  five  sons  to  add  to  the  desirable  citizens  of  this  new 
countr)^  The  descendants  of  John  Christian  Schell  moved 
to  Canada  and  most  of  them  later  on  to  Michigan,  Illinois, 
California,  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  John  Schell  had 
four  sons  and  three  daughters;  his  descendants  remained 
mostly  in  New  York  state.  Besides  his  own  family  John 
Schell  and  his  wife  Barbara  found  it  convenient  to  adopt 
and  educate  a  little  girl,  Mary  Moyer,  whose  parents  had 
died  when  she  was  two  years  old.  She  afterwards  became 
the  wife  of  John  Christian  Schell's  son,  Henry.  Her  sub- 
sequent life  and  the  education  she  imparted  to  her  children, 
prove  that  she  had  acquired  great  domestic  virtues  at  the 
home  of  John  Schell. 

John  Christian  Schell  took  up  his  residence  four  miles 
North  of  the  village  of  Herkimer,  at  a  place  still  called 
"Schell's  Bush,"  in  Trj-on  county,  state  of  New  York,  where 


he  became  the  owner  of  a  large  farm  whicli  he  cultivated 
with  the  usual  success  of  the  industrious  German.  He  mar- 
ried about  the  year  1755.  He  must  have  airived  in  this 
county  in  the  early  part  of  the  Fifties;  allowing  that  he  was 
about  twenty-five  or  thirty  years  old  when  he  married,  (the 
common  age  for  men  to  marry),  he  must  have  been  born 
about  the  years  1725- 1730.  Supposing  he  was  born  in  1730, 
he  was  then  fifty-two  years  old  in  1782,  when  he  was  killed, 
at  an  age  in  which  he  yet  showed  the  full  vigor  of  his  man- 
hood. His  wife  Maria,  in  all  probability,  was  born  in  the 
Mohawk  valley:  supposing  her  a  little  younger  than  her  hus- 
band, she  must  have  been  born  about  the  year  1735;  her  later 
career  as  a  mother  would  bear  out  this  supposition.  Their 
oldest  child  was  born  in  1756  and  their  youngest  in  1773: 
five  sons  and  three  daughters  blessed  the  family.  John 
Christian  Schell  prospered  in  his  American  home;  the  hard- 
ship and  reverses  concomitant  with  a  new  country,  only 
helped  to  bring  out  his  superior  qualities.  He  had  received 
in  his  boyhood  a  liberal  education,  and  his  sons  remem- 
bered well  and  told  their  descendants,  that  they  saw  him 
often  busy  with  his  books  and  papers;  they  not  having  had 
the  same  advantages  of  schooling  in  the  Mohawk  valley 
as  their  father  from  Baden,  were  not  interested  at  the  time, 
but  regretted  afterwards  that  his  papers  had  not  been  pre- 
served. These  documents  together  with  the  famous  silver- 
mounted  tomahawk,  of  which  we  will  speak  later,  probably 
perished  by  the  fiames,  when  sometime  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war,  the  Schell  homestead  burned  down.  John 
Christian  Schell  being  a  good  scholar,  a  man  honest  in  his 
purposes,  persevering  in  his  undertakings,  plucky  and  brave 
in  danger,  was  very  much  respected  by  his  neighbors.  He 
was  the  leading  man  of  the  district;  it  is  natural  then  that 
he  took  a  conspicuous  part  when  the  war  of  Independence 
was  raging. 


— 8— 

Unfortunately,  when  the  American  colonies  reached  out 
for  freedom  and  independence,  Tryon  county,  which  num- 
bered at  that  time  about  10,000  inhabitants,  was  under  the 
influence  of  a  few  rich  and  powerful  loyalists  who  did  their 
best  to  hold  the  inhabitants  of  the  Mohawk  valley  loyal  to 
the  English  Crown.  In  this  they  succeeded  for  a  short 
time,  but  the  American  fever  of  independence  and  liberty 
became  so  contagious,  that  Tryon  county  also  publicly  and 
strenuously  espoused  the  cause  of  the  so-called  "Rebels." 
To  assure  the  Continental  Congress  that  they  were  faithful 
to  the  American  cause,  they,  through  their  representatives, 
on  the  i8th  of  May,  1775,  wrote  a  letter  to  the  committee  of 
Albany,  in  which  they  vowed  that  the  country  could  be  sure 
of  their  support,  promising  to  keep  down  all  loyalists  in 
their  district  and  to  send  deputies  to  the  Provincial  Con- 
gress as  soon  as  possible  and  vouching  that,  if  Tryon  county 
had  not  as  yet  representatives,  that  they  were  not  the  less 
attached  to  American  liberty.  "In  a  word,  they  wrote,  it  is 
our  fixed  resolution  to  support  and  carry  into  execution 
every  thing  recommended  by  the  Continental  Congress  and 
to  be  free  or  die." 

No  serious  hostilities  occurred  that  year  in  Tryon  county ; 
but  when  in  January,  1776,  the  appearance  of  loyalists  sol- 
diers became  threatening,  General  Herkimer  ordered  out 
all  the  militia.  They  were  paraded  on  the  ice  on  the  Mo- 
hawk river.  Amongst  them  in  active  service,  were  John 
Schell  and  Christian  Schell,  Jr.  The  year  passed  on  com- 
paratively quiet.  The  Declaration  of  Independence  on 
the  4th  of  July  was  hailed  with  joy.  The  American  Patriots 
had  calculated  that  the  rich  country  of  the  Mohawk  would 
provide  largely  for  the  feeding  of  the  armies.  Tryon 
county  was  well  able  to  assume  a  great  share  of  that  re- 
sponsibility; but  the  malicious  loyalists  took  advantage  of 
tliis  to  sow  discontent  in  Tryon  county,  trying  to  make  the 


— 9— 

citizens  see  the  liberalities  of  the  benignant  English  gov- 
ernment and  representing  that  the  American  Patriots  were 
only  spoliators,  adventurers  and  malcontents.  The  scheme 
of  the  loyalists  only  widened  the  chasm  which  existed  be- 
tween the  two  opposing  parties.  Tryon  county  remained 
true  to  the  cause  of  liberty. 

The  next  winter  England  made  great  preparations  for  an 
extensive  campaign  to  subdue  the  rebellious  Colonies.  In 
1777  the  war  raged  in  dead  earnest;  Tryon  county  from  that 
time  on,  shared  in  its  vicissitudes.  In  that  year  General 
Herkimer,  a  favorite  of  the  Mohawk  valley  settlers,  was 
fatally  wounded  in  one  of  the  skirmishes  in  Tryon  county. 
The  friends  of  independence  had  an  exasperating  time: 
tliey  had  to  contend  not  only  with  the  well  drilled  English 
armies,  but  more  still  and  continually  with  the  bloodthirsty 
Indians  and  the  perfidious  tories.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
inflexibility,  intrepidity  and  love  of  independence  of  the 
colonists,  the  American  cause  would  have  been  lost  amongst 
the  various  difficulties  they  had  to  contend  with.  The  Eng- 
lish campaign  then  proved  a  failure.  The  mother  country 
grew  tired  of  sending  her  best  men  here  to  accomplish 
nothing  and  furnishing  supplies  to  colonies  from  which  she 
expected  large  revenues.  And  still  with  dogged  sullen- 
ness,  the  EngHsh  government  kept  on  harassing  the  Ameri- 
can colonists.  Their  policy  at  the  North  was  to  divide  their 
own  forces  into  small  detachments  and  trouble  the  border 
settlements  at  as  many  different  points  as  possible,  thus  dis- 
tracting the  attention  of  the  people,  and  by  allowing  them 
neither  a  sense  of  security  nor  repose,  rendering  them  dis- 
gusted with  the  protracted  struggle.  Tory  officers  were 
everywhere  found  leading  bands  of  marauding  Indians  to 
plunder  and  massacre  the  colonists.  The  Americans  had 
built  several  forts  in  different  parts  of  the  countr^^  At  the 
German  Flats,  fort  Dayton  was  erected  in  1776,  named  in 


honor  of  Colonel  Dayton.  With  the  present  mode  of  war- 
fare, the  military  forts  did  not  prove  sufficient  to  resist  the 
attacks  of  the  enemy  and  shelter  the  colonists.  In  different 
localities  the  settlers  clubbed  together  and  built  their  own 
forts  to  serve  as  a  refuge  to  the  neighborhood  in  case  of  an 
attack.  These  forts  or  houses  were  usually  built  of  hewn 
timber;  the  first  story  had  no  windows,  but  several  loop- 
holes through  which  those  within,  could  fire  upon  the 
enemy.  The  second  story  projected  over  the  first,  two  or 
three  feet;  through  this  projection  there  were  likewise  aper- 
tures, through  which  the  persons  within  could  fire  upon  oi 
cast  down  missiles  upon  the  assailants,  if  they  approached 
the  house  to  force  an  entrance.  The  whole  building  was  so 
constructed  that  it  could  withstand  a  siege  from  those  plun- 
dering freebooters.  Arms  and  ammunition  were  kept  close 
at  hand.  The  whole  country  was  constantly  on  the  alert  to 
watch  for  sudden  attacks,  and  if  danger  seemed  eminent,  the 
people  would  retire  to  their  forts  to  be  prepared  for  results. 

John  Christian  Schell,  of  an  independent  character  and 
having  ample  means,  built  one  of  these  forts  upon  his  farm 
for  himself  and  family,  and  he  laid  in  a  supply  of  arms  and 
ammunition. 

Notwithstanding  all  the  precautions  the  Patriots  had 
taken,  the  sacrifices  that  they  had  cordially  made;  notwith- 
standing their  readiness  to  risk  their  lives  at  any  time  for 
the  freedom  and  independence  of  their  countiT,  it  must  be 
confessed  that  as  the  war  proceeded,  the  outlook  grew 
darker,  and  the  Spring  of  1781  may  well  be  counted  as  the 
darkest  period  of  the  Revolution.  The  Mohawk  valley  had 
suffered  more  than  any  other  district  of  the  country.  It 
was  most  frequently  invaded  and  overrun;  for  seven  long 
years,  were  its  towns  and  villages,  its  numerous  settlements 
and  isolated  inhabitants,  fallen  upon  by  an  untiring  and 
relentless  enemy,  until,  towards  the  close  of  the  war,  the 


appearance  of  the  whole  district  was  that  of  widespread, 
heart  sickening  and  universal  desolation.  In  no  other  sec- 
tion of  the  confederacy  were  so  many  campaigns  performed, 
so  many  battles  fought,  so  many  dwellings  burnt,  or  so 
many  murders  committed. 

John  Schell,  the  brother  of  John  Christian,  had  been  for 
a  long  time  in  the  service  of  the  American  army;  he  was 
wounded  in  some  battle  and  disabled  for  further  service. 
He  made  his  way  home  ragged  and  literally  almost  naked. 
When  he  reached  his  family  he  was  not  able  to  support  his 
trousers  and  carried  them  in  his  hand.  He  at  least  escaped 
with  his  life,  but  his  brother  John  Christian,  was  destined 
for  a  worse  fate. 

In  the  summer  of  1781,  the  massacres  and  incendiaries, 
instigated  by  the  loyalists  and  executed  by  the  freebooters 
and  Indians,  were  so  numerous,  that  most  of  the  inhabitants 
of  "Schell's  Bush"  had  taken  refuge  in  fort  Dayton,  four 
miles  distant;  but  John  Christian  Schell,  not  of  a  disposition 
to  fear,  trusted  in  his  own  fort  and  remained  with  his  family 
around  the  premises,  attending  to  his  usual  work.  His  son 
Christian  was  yet  in  service  in  the  American  army;  the  only 
assistance  he  could  rely  upon,  were  his  sons  Denis  and 
Frederick:  the  twins  Henry  and  Mark  being  too  young  to 
be  of  much  avail  in  a  serious  attack.  The  tories  had 
planned  the  destruction  of  Schell's  fort,  and  knowing  that  it 
was  substantially  built  and  well  calculated  for  a  defence, 
they  fitted  out  a  numerous  and  desperate  band  of  assailants. 
They  lay  in  ambush  in  the  vicinity  of  Schell's  farm,  waiting 
for  a  favorable  opportunity  to  make  the  attack.  John  Schell 
and  his  sons,  who  were  cutting  peas  saw  them  watching. 
It  being  somewhat  rainy  and  they  being  nearly  out  of  pro- 
visions, quit  w^ork  and  went  to  the  fort,  two  miles  distant, 
where  Mrs.  John  Schell  and  the  small  children  of  the  family 
were  harbored  during  these  perilous  times.     Tlie  next  day 


they  returned  from  the  fort  and  were  delayed  in  going  to 
work  by  the  kilHng  of  a  large  bear  which  had  left  his  haunts 
in  the  woods  on  account  of  the  presence  of  the  numerous 
tories  and  Indians.  John  Scliell  and  his  sons  were  just  out- 
side the  barnyard,  over  the  fence,  when  they  saw,  early  in 
the  afternoon,  the  tories  and  Indians  running  towards  the 
corn-crib  on  John  Christian  Schell's  farm.  The  twins, 
Henry  and  Mark  Schell,  accompanied  by  the  family  dog, 
had  gone  to  the  corn-crib  in  the  fields,  to  bring  a  corn-fan 
home.  The  Indians  headed  rheni  off  upon  their  return:  one 
of  the  boys  was  captured  at  the  crib,  the  other  one,  holding 
the  enemy  somewdiat  at  bay  through  the  dog,  ran  for  home 
and  succeeded  in  reaching  the  barnyard-fence,  but  the  large 
dog  who  had  kept  between  the  boy  and  the  Indian  during 
the  pursuit,  jumped  the  fence  first  and  the  Indian  captured 
the  boy  whilst  he  was  getting  over  the  high  fence,  then 
holding  the  boy  before  him,  he  backed  away  out  of  reach 
of  gunshot.  The  twin  boys  who  were  eleven  years  old, 
were  not  prisoners  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  This  was 
the  opening  of  the  famous  battle  at  Schell's  Bush.  At  two 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  sixth  of  August,  1781,  Don- 
ald McDonald,  one  of  the  Scotch  refugees  who  fled  from 
Johnstown,  suddenly  made  his  appearance  at  the  head  of 
a  band  of  sixty-six  tories  and  Indians.  The  celebrated 
traitors  Empie  and  Kasselman  were  with  the  tories.  John 
Christian  Schell  and  his  sons  were  at  work  in  the  fields,  but 
reached  their  fort  in  spite  of  the  endeavors  of  the  assailants. 
They  barricaded  the  strong  door  and  were  ready  for  desper- 
ate resistance.  From  that  time  on  the  battle  commenced 
and  lasted  until  dark.  The  Schells  by  their  galling  fire, 
kept  the  enemy  at  a  distance.  Mrs.  Maria  Schell,  as  brave 
as  the  men,  loaded  the  pieces  for  their  continual  use.  Mc- 
Donald attempted  several  times  to  set  fire  to  the  building, 
but  each  time  he  was  repulsed.     The  stubborn  Scotchman 


—  13— 

procured  himself  a  crowbar  and  alone  attempted  to  force 
the  door;  but  Schell  directed  his  blunderbuss  upon  him  and 
^McDonald  receiving-  a  shot  in  the  leg,  was  disabled  for  fur- 
ther action.  The  assailants  being  at  a  respectable  distance, 
Schell  opened  the  door  quickly  and  jerked  him  in,  a  pris- 
oner. The  beseigers  being  so  numerous  and  the  seige 
being  so  protracted,  Schell's  ammunition  began  to  run  low, 
but  his  prisoner  ^IcDonald  was  amply  provided  and  had 
to  surrender  his  cartridges  to  have  them  fired  upon  his 
comrades.  The  work  of  Schell  and  his  sons  had  told  upon 
the  enemy  and  several  were  killed  and  wounded.  They 
drew  ofT  for  a  respite.  Tliis  gave  the  Schell  family  some 
time  for  a  much  needed  rest.  Being  moreover  convinced 
that  now^,  when  they  had  their  leader  as  prisoner,  the  enemy 
would  not  burn  the  fort,  they  ceased  firing.  Schell  went 
upstairs  and  sang  a  religious  hymn.  The  enemy  soon 
rallied  and  made  a  desperate  effort  to  carry  the  fort  by  as- 
sault. Rushing  up  the  walls,  five  of  them  stuck  the  muzzles 
of  their  guns  through  the  loopholes  to  compel  the  Schells 
to  surrender;  but  Mrs.  Schell  frustrated  their  daring  at- 
tempt: W'ith  an  ax  she  struck  and  bent  the  barrels  of  the 
guns  and  ruined  every  musket.  The  Schells  drove  the 
enemy  ofT  to  a  distance.  It  was  just  getting  dark.  Schell 
ran  up  to  the  second  story  and  yelled  to  his  wife  in  a  loud 
voice,  that  Captain  Small  was  coming-  to  the  rescue.  To 
deceive  his  assailants,  he  exclaimed  still  louder:  "Captain 
Small  march  your  company  round  upon  this  side  of  the 
house.  Captain  Getman,  you  had  better  wheel  your  men 
off  to  the  left,  and  come  up  upon  that  side."  There  were 
no  troops  coming,  but  Schell's  directions  were  given  with 
such  precision  and  such  apparent  earnestness,  that  his  strata- 
gem succeeded.  Night  coming-  on,  the  enemy  fled  to  the 
woods,  taking  with  them  the  twins,  Henry  and  Mark,  as 
prisoners.     The   wounded   ^IcDonald   was   left  with   some 


—14— 

provisions  and  given  possession  of  the  strong-hold  that  he 
had  so  desperately  endeavored  to  capture,  and  the  Schell 
family  set  out  for  fort  Dayton,  where  they  arrived  safely. 
A  few  of  the  Indians  lingered  about  the  Schell  premises,  to 
ascertain  what  had  become  of  their  leader,  and  finding  no 
opposition  or  danger  they  ventured  in  and  found  Mc- 
Donald in  a  condition  unfit  to  be  taken  along  upon  their  re- 
treat. They  left  word  with  McDonald  for  Schell,  that  if  he 
would  be  kind  to  their  leader,  they  would  see  to  it  that  his 
captive  boys  would  be  well  taken  care  of.  The  next  day 
Captain  Small  removed  McDonald  to  the  fort,  where  his 
wounded  leg  was  amputated,  but  on  account  of  loss  of 
blood,  he  died  in  a  few  hours.  When  McDonald  was  cap- 
tured, he  wore  a  silvermounted  tomahawk  which  had  thirty 
scalp-notches.  This  proves  well  enough  that  he  was  a  fit 
leader  of  tories  and  savages.  The  numerous  descendants 
of  Schell  have  often  looked  for  this  brilliant  souvenir  of 
their  ancestor's  bravery,  but  up  to  date  this  trophy  seems 
lost.  Tlie  enemy  left  eleven  killed  and  six  wounded  on  the 
battlefield  and  they  took  twelve  of  their  wounded  away 
with  them,  nine  of  whom  died  before  they  reached  Canada. 
The  Schell  family  escaped  without  a  scratch,  his  two  boys 
were  captured,  it  is  true,  but  this  was  on  account  of  the 
suddenness  of  the  attack.  The  result  of  the  battle  shows 
conclusively  that  Schell  had  his  fort  well  prepared  for  more 
even  than  common  emergencies  and  that  his  strategy  and 
coolness  fitted  him  to  be  a  leader  in  arduous  projects. 
When  danger  seemed  removed,  Schell  and  his  family  went 
back  from  fort  Dayton  to  their  own  castle.  They  made 
the  necessary  repairs,  procured  fresh  ammunition  and  held 
themselves  ready  for  a  new  attack.  They  lamented  very 
much  at  the  loss  of  the  twins,  the  pets  of  the  family.  In  the 
beginning  they  had  hope,  that  the  boys  might  find  a  chance 


—15— 

to  escape  and  return  home,  but  as  time  went  on,  they  be- 
came more  sure,  that  Henry  and  Mark  were  forever  lost  to 
them.  The  abduction  of  his  favorite  twins  irritated  John 
Christian  Schell  in  such  a  manner,  that  he  promised  a  warm 
reception  to  any  tory  or  Indian  who  would  venture  near 
his  place.  The  enemy  on  the  other  hand,  who  had  sustained 
a  loss  of  dead  and  wounded  of  nearly  one-half  of  their 
forces,  i.  e.  29  out  of  66,  swore  vengeance  against  John 
Christian  Schell  and  his  family  and  clamored  for  their  lives. 
Enemies  kept  lurking  around  Schell's  farm.  At  one  time 
they  surprised  Eve  Schell,  one  of  John  Christian's  daugh- 
ters, in  the  woods,  at  some  distance  from  the  house,  they 
scalped  her  and  left  her  for  dead.  A  pipestem  attached  to 
the  tomahawk,  had  become  fastened  in  her  head;  when  she 
regained  consciousness,  she  extracted  the  obnoxious  stem 
and  struggled  home.  She  recovered  and  afterwards  mar- 
ried Mr.  Plank  and  became  the  happy  mother  of  children. 

Christian  Schell,  Jr.,  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  American 
armies  for  some  years;  he  had  filled  an  honorable  place  in 
its  ranks,  having  inherited  the  characteristics  of  his  father, 
he  had  conducted  himself  bravely.  He  had  shared  with  his 
comrades  the  hardships  and  privations  of  the  campaigns. 
He  returned  home  in  the  summer  of  the  year  1782.  Not  a 
long  time  elapsed  before  he  saw  some  more  of  the  war.  In 
July,  1782,  the  enemy  had  found  a  good  opportunity  to 
make  a  sudden  attack  upon  John  Christian  Schell  and  his 
sons.  The  tories  and  Indians  concealed  themselves  in  the 
standing  wheat,  whilst  Schell  and  his  sons  were  at  work  at 
no  great  distance  from  their  house.  The  enemy  took  good 
aim  and  fired  one  volley:  Schell  and  his  son  Denis  were 
fatally  wounded,  and  his  son  Frederick  received  a  shot  in 
the  thigh.  The  father  called  upon  his  sons,  not  to  allow 
the  savages  to  scalp  him.  The  brave  boys  kept  the  enemy 
at  bay  and  would  not  retreat.     At  a  distance  of  one  mile 


— 16— 

and  a  half,  there  was  a  fortified  blockhouse,  where  his  neigh- 
bors had  taken  refuge.  They  heard  the  firing  and  imme- 
diately hastened  to  the  rescue.  The  tories  and  Indians 
were  put  to  flight.  John  Christian  Schell  was  removed  to 
his  fort,  where  the  brave  pioneer  expired  three  days  later, 
surrounded  by  his  griefstricken  family  and  many  of  his 
neighbors.  Denis  died  the  ninth  day.  Sad  was  the 
funeral  when  the  remains  of  father  and  son  were  laid  to 
rest,  and  desolate  was  the  family.  Frederick  Schell  who 
had  his  thighbone  somewhat  splintered,  not  broken,  recov- 
ered from  his  wounds,  but  he  showed  lameness  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  The  armed  forces  of  the  Schells  were 
so  reduced  in  number,  that  they  were  not  able  to  hold  the 
fort  against  the  repeated  attacks  of  the  enemy.  The  re- 
vengeful tories  and  Indians  sometime  afterwards,  set  fire  to 
Schell's  fort.  Tlien  perished  the  rare  books  and  papers  of 
John  Christian  Schell,  and  the  famous  McDonald  toma- 
hawk probably  disappeared  at  that  occasion. 

The  war  was  coming  to  a  close.  By  treaty  of  November, 
1782,  Great  Britain  recognized  the  independence  of  the 
United  States.  Peace  did  not  arrive  an  hour  too  soon. 
The  country  was  exhausted.  Tryon  county,  whose  name 
was  changed  about  that  time  into  Montgomery  county,  was 
spoliated  and  laid  to  waste.  Hardly  anything  was  left,  but 
the  fertile  soil  and  an  abundant  spirit  of  industry  and  enter- 
prise in  the  citizens  who  had  remained  true  to  the  American 
cause.  It  was  computed  two  years  before  the  close  of  the 
war,  that  one-third  of  the  population  had  gone  over  to  the 
enemy,  that  one-third  had  been  driven  from  the  country,  or 
been  slain  in  battle  or  had  been  murdered  by  the  enemy. 
And  yet  among  the  inhabitants  of  the  remaining  third,  in 
June,  1783,  it  was  stated,  at  a  public  meeting  held  at  fort 
Plain,  that  there  were  three  hundred  widows  and  two 
thousand  orphan  children. 


—17— 

The  Schell  family  had  done  their  share  to  support  the 
cause  of  American  Independence,  and  they  had  received 
their  share  also  of  the  damages,  destruction  and  ravages  of 
the  war  which  had  been  necessary  to  bring  them  that  In- 
dependence. Before  the  war,  the  people  of  Tryon  county 
had  clamored,  "either  to  be  free  or  die.''  Many  of  the 
good  citizens  had  to  die  to  bring  freedom  to  the  nation. 
The  Schell  family  had  the  father  and  one  son  killed,  one 
son  crippled  for  life,  one  daughter  scalped,  two  sons  cap- 
tured and  abducted,  their  homestead  lain  in  ashes,  all  this 
happened,  because  they  stood  faithful  to  the  American 
cause.  John  Christian  Schell  was  the  leader  of  his  family 
to  light  the  enemy  of  his  country.  He  died  like  a  hero 
faithful  and  loyal  to  the  American  cause,  being  killed  by 
the  enemy  of  his  country,  the  tories  and  Indians.  His 
blood  was  needed  to  cement  the  foundation  of  this  grand 
Nation;  his  life  was  given  for  his  countrymen. 

Schell's  twins,  Henry  and  Mark,  were  born  Oct.  7th, 
1770,  and  were  nearly  eleven  years  old,  when  they  were 
captured  and  taken  to  Canada  by  the  tories  and  Indians. 
Tliey  were  left  with  the  Indians:  the  boys  and  the  savages 
got  along  very  well  together  and  became  quite  attached 
to  each  other:  the  lads  learned  the  Indian  language.  They 
were  and  remained  the  friends  of  the  Indians  during  the 
rest  of  their  lives.  When  afterwards  the  Schells,  Henry 
and  Mark,  had  settled  in  Upper  Canada,  there  was  no  In- 
dian who  struck  their  neighborhood,  but  received  their 
hospitality.  The  twins  showing  themselves  bright  young 
men,  they  attracted  the  notice  of  Captain  Laws,  an  officer 
in  the  British  army.  By  some  negotiation  he  got  them 
away  from  the  Indians  and  kept  them  under  his  own 
supervision  and  care.  Mark  was  placed  out  as  an  appren- 
tice to  learn  the  tailoring  trade.     Henry  became  the  favorite 


■i8— 


of  the  Captain  and  was  his  companion  in  his  various  jour- 
neys. Captain  Laws  received  a  commission  from  England 
to  estabhsh  and  lay  out  a  town  site  at  Bay  Chaleur.  He 
selected  his  party  for  this  arduous  undertaking,  which  re- 
quired sturdy  and  hardy  men.  Young  Henry  Schell  was 
not  thought  unfit  to  accompany  the  Captain  in  this  difficult 
expedition,  but  his  presence  was  desired  more  to  furnish 
agreeable  company.  They  started  from  Quebec,  by  vessel, 
in  the  fall  of  1784  or  1785.  The  weather  had  been  fine  that 
fall  up  to  November.  Tliey  made  a  late  start,  thinking  that 
they  would  be  able  to  reach  Bay  Chaleur  before  the  winter 
set  in.  They  had  not  been  out  many  days,  when  the 
weather  changed  and  it  rained  and  then  turned  colder;  it 
snowed  and  froze  hard  enough  to  form  a  great  amount  of 
ice  on  the  rivers.  Tliey  drifted  around  through  slush  and 
ice  for  three  weeks.  About  Christmas,  the  weather  moder- 
ated; they  forced  their  way  through  the  ice,  and  finally  in 
the  winter  they  reached  their  destination  in  Bay  Chaleur. 
They  effected  a  landing  and  went  to  work  to  build  cabins 
to  have  shelter  for  the  party.  It  is  not  known  to  the  writer, 
at  what  part  of  Bay  Chaleur  the  town  site  was  located:  if  it 
were  on  the  South  side  of  the  Bay,  the  project  of  the  British 
Government  might  have  been  in  connection  with  the  im- 
migration of  loyalists  to  New  Brunswick,  in  1783,  from  the 
United  States,  where  they  were  unwelcome  citizens  and 
were  considered  enemies  of  the  country.  When  the  town 
was  laid  out,  Captain  Laws  patented  100  acres  adjoining  it 
in  his  own  name  and  100  acres  in  the  name  of  Henry  Schell. 
Whether  these  patents  have  ever  been  recorded  is  not 
known:  Robert  Schell  (Jacob's  son)  of  Brantford,  Ont.,  made 
an  effort  one  time  to  find  the  records,  but  he  did  not  suc- 
ceed. Captain  Laws  and  Henry  Schell  returned  to  Canada. 
The  Captain  had  a  great  affection  for  young  Henry,  and 
wanted  him  to  remain  with  him  and  establish  himself  under 


his  protection.  But  Henry  and  Mark  had  been  away  from 
home  already  eight  years,  and  according  as  they  grew  older, 
they  became  more  homesick.  They  did  not  know  what  had 
happened  since  to  their  parents,  brothers  and  sisters. 
Schell's  Bush,  the  delightful  place  in  which  they  had  spent 
their  boyhood  was  a  lasting  picture  in  their  imagination. 
The  neighboring  farms,  the  boys  and  girls  of  the  Mohawk 
valley,  the  playmates  of  their  youth,  had  more  attraction 
for  them,  than  the  borders  of  the  St.  Lawrence  river  could 
furnish.  Henry  would  have  accepted  very  readily  the  kind 
and  favorable  offers  of  Captain  Laws  who  had  been  as  a 
father  to  him ;  but  he  liked  to  see  his  dear  mother  once  more 
before  making  a  decision.  The  twins  had  an  unlimited  af- 
fection for  each  other,  and  what  was  the  wish  of  one  became 
the  desire  of  the  other.  The  more  they  conversed  with  eacli 
other  about  their  family  and  friends,  the  more  they  longed 
to  return  home.  They  did  not  fear  the  distance;  the  coun- 
try was  at  peace:  their  ingenuity  would  furnish  them  the 
means  to  reach  their  destination.  They  decided  to  under- 
take the  journey.  They  bid  farewell  to  their  Canadian 
friends.  It  was  difficult  to  part  from  Captain  Laws,  but  he 
wished  the  lads  a  cordial  Godspeed.  To  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  their  long  journey,  they  furnished  themselves  with 
pins,  needles  and  such  trinkets  and  sold  them  on  the  way, 
which  had  to  be  traveled  entirely  on  foot.  It  did  not  take 
the  ambitious  young  men  ver}'  long  to  accomplish  their 
journey.  After  they  had  started,  they  did  not  linger  on  the 
way.  The  attractions  of  Schell's  Bush  furnished  them 
speed  in  their  march.  But  what  a  change!  The  old  home 
seems  not  the  same.  The  large  blockhouse  is  not  there. 
Their  mother  has  grown  older  and  where  is  their  father? 
Denis  is  missing,  Fred  is  lame.  Eve  is  deformed.  But  after 
all  the  afiflictions  and  calamities,  they  all  rejoice  in  meet- 
ing; they  who  had  been  given  up  for  lost,  have  returned. 


— 20— 

The  suddenness  of  the  dehght  mixes  the  tears  of  joy  with 
the  smile  and  laugh  of  bliss.  Their  former  misfortunes  are 
for  a  while  forgotten.  The  neighbors  too,  hearing  the  glad- 
ful  tidings,  anxiously  go  to  welcome  Henry  and  Mark- 
home.  It  is  joyful  news  for  the  family  of  John  Schell,  tlic 
uncle  of  the  twins.  They  all  immediately  wish  to  see  the 
boys.  Their  cousins  and  Maiy  Meyer,  the  adopted  daugh- 
ter, run  to  welcome  them  home.  The  boys  of  the  neighbor- 
hood fill  the  yard  and  cannot  get  through  shaking 
hands  with  their  former  playmates:  the  girls  also  who  re- 
member the  twins  so  well  as  liaving  participated  in  their 
games  of  youth,  also  crowd  around  the  happy  Henry  and 
Mark,  admire  their  noble  countenance  and  their  manly 
bearing.  The  twins  feel  that  the  Mohawk  valley  is  the  hap- 
piest place  on  earth.  After  the  joyful  demonstrations  of 
the  happy  reunion,  the  events,  occurrences  and  incidents  of 
both  sides  have  to  be  told  and  retold.  The  losses  and 
afflictions  have  to  be  lamented  again.  The  death  of  the 
father  and  brother  is  again  a  cause  of  mourning.  Wounds 
already  healed  are  reopened.  Hardship  and  suffering 
cause  again  a  shuddering.  Brave  deeds  of  the  war  make 
again  their  bosoms  swell.  The  losses  of  the  neighborhood 
are  recounted  and  pitied.  Anger  rises  in  their  breasts  at  the 
traitorous  tories;  a  sigh  is  heaved  at  the  remembrance  ot 
the  war.  God  is  blessed  in  His  Almighty  Providence  and 
His  Holy  Will  is  praised.  All  are  thankful  that  the  bad 
limes  are  over  and  that  there  is  a  happy  reunion  in  the 
Schell  family. 

A  few  years  after  this,  Mrs.  Maria  Schell  died  and  this 
>..'iused  a  change  in  the  family.  In  the  Nineties  of  the  last 
c:?ntury,  one  after  the  other  of  John  Christian  Schell's  chil- 
dren married,  taking  to  themselves  partners  of  their  own 
na.tionality.  When  lastly  Henry  Schell  married  Mary 
Moyer  in  1794,  a  division  of  goods  was  made.     Henry  re- 


tained  the  homestead.  All  had  been  married  in  the 
Mohawk  valley.  When  one  of  the  children  found  in 
Canada  a  desirable  home,  at  no  great  cost,  the  others  slowly, 
one  after  the  other,  followed,  until  finally,  in  the  spring  of 
1798,  Henry  Schell  sold  the  homestead  and  followed  his 
brothers  and  sisters  in  Canada.  Henry  settled  at  a  place, 
which  is  now  called  the  town  of  Grimsby,  county  of  Lin- 
coln, between  Hamilton  and  Niagara.  A  year  or  two  aftei 
that  he  moved  to  Markham,  York  county,  Ont.,  near  the 
home  of  }vlark  Schell.  The  twins  always  sought  each 
other's  company. 


a: 


Second  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second  generation— JOHN  CHRISTIAN  SCHELL  and 
MARIA  SCHELL. 

Tbi'ir  Children. 

DENIS  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  N.  Y.,  in  1756, 
was  not  married  when  wounded  by  the  tories  and  In- 
dians in  July,  1782.  He  died  the  ninth  day  after  being 
shot. 

JOHN   CHRISTIAN   SCHELL,  born  at   Schell's   Bush, 

N.  Y.,  about  1759,  married  there,  Elisabeth . 

He  died  in  Michigan. 

FREDERICK  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's   Bush,  N.  Y., 
about  the  year  1762,  married  there,  N.  N. 
He  died  at  Markham,  Ont. 


EVE  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  N.  Y.,  about  the 
year  1765,  married  there,  Mr.  Plank. 

MARY  CATHERINE  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush, 
N.  Y.,  about  the  year  1768,  married  there,  Adam 
Kaiser. 

HENRY  SCHELL   1      Twins,    born    at    Schell's    Bush, 
MARK  SCHELL      j         N.  Y.,  7th  October,  1770. 

Mark  Schell  married  at  the  old  home,  Delila  Casler,  born 
at  the  Mohawk  valley,  N.  Y.  He  moved  to  Markham, 
Ont.,  24  miles  North  of  the  city  of  Toronto,  where  his  family 
were  born,  and  where  he  remained  until  1842,  when  he 
moved  with  his  son  Peter  to  Sanilac  county,  Mich. 

Delila  Casler  died  in  Markham  before  1842. 

Mark  Schell  died  from  an  accident:  going  from  the  vil- 
lage of  Lexington,  Mich.,  to  his  home,  in  crossing  a  creek 
and  stepping  from  one  stone  to  another,  he  missed  his  step 
and  fell  on  a  washboard  he  was  carrying  under  his  arm ;  his 
side  was  punctured  by  the  sharp  edge  and  the  result  proved 
fatal.  During  his  illness,  his  twin  brother  Henry,  then  75 
years  old,  walked  all  the  ways  from  IngersoU,  Ont,  to 
Sanilac  county  to  visit  his  sick  twin  brother.  A  great 
afifection  always  existed  between  those  twins  and  they  were 
lonesome  without  each  other.  That  long  walk  from  Inger- 
soU to  Sanilac  county  and  return,  must  have  been  very  ar- 
duous to  the  old  gentleman  even  in  those  days  of  pedes- 
trianism:  it  would  be  so  now  even  in  these  days  of  fast 
trains,  electric  cars  and  bicycles.  Mark  Schell  died  in 
Worth,  Sanilac  county,  Mich.,  in  June,  1845,  ^^^  was  buried 
in  the  Bardwell  cemetery,  in  that  vicinity. 

Henry  Schell  married  at  Schell's  Bush,  in  1794,  Mary 
Moyer,  born  at  the  Mohawk  valley,  14th  Aug.,  1775.     Mr. 


^  -^^ 


HHNRY  SCHELL, 

Born  at  Schell's  Bush,  Mohawk  Valley,   N.   Y. 
October'?,   1770. 


and  Mrs.  ]\Ioyer  died  in   1777,  and  Mary  was  adopted  by 
John  Schell. 

Henry  Schell  moved  in  1798,  to  the  "Nellis  Settlement/* 
at  the  "forty  miles  creek"  in  the  township  of  Grimsby,  be- 
tween Hamilton  and  Niagara.  One  or  two  years  later  he 
moved  to  Markham,  Ont,  24  miles  North  of  Toronto. 
Here  all  his  children  were  bom  except  Henry  and  Elisabeth, 
the  two  elder.  Henry  Schell  died  at  Ingersoll,  Ont.,  at  the 
residence  of  his  son  Daniel,  12th  April,  1859.  His  wife 
jMary  Aloyer  died  at  the  same  place,  26th  September,  i860. 

ELISABETH  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  about  the 
year  1773,  married  there,  Peter  Martz. 
They  moved  to  Markham,  Ont. 
She  died  12th  April,  1858,  at  Ingersoll,  Ont. 

Second  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    Generation— JOHN    (HANNES)    SCHELL   and 
BARBARA  SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

CHRISTIAN   SCHELL,   born   at   Schell's   Bush,    N.   Y., 
married  and  died  there. 

JOHN  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  N.  Y.,  married 
there,  Anna  Casler,  born  at  the  Mohawk  valley. 

PETER  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  N.  Y. 

MARK  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  N.  Y. 

AND  THREE  DAUGHTERS  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell\ 
Bush,  N.  Y. 


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Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation— CHRISTIAN  SCHELL  and  ELISA- 
BETH SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

HENRY  SCHELL, 
ANDREW  SCHELL, 
BENJAMIN  SCHELL, 
MONY  SCHELL, 
PAUL  SCHELL, 
ELISABETH  SCHELL, 
LENA  SCHELL, 
ANNIE  SCHELL, 
And  other  children. 


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Third  Generation. 


First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and      Maria 

Schell. 
Third    generation— FREDERICK    SCHELL   and    MiRS. 

SCHELL. 


Their  Children. 

CHRISTIAN  SCHELL,  married  Miss  Baker. 
He  died  at  Markham,  Canada,  about  1817. 

HENRY  SCHELL, 

JOHN  SCHELL, 

ISAAC  SCHELL, 

JONATHAN  SCHELL, 

EVE  SCHELL, 

A  DAUGHTER  SCHELL,  married  Mr.  Hilts. 

A  DAUGHTER  SCHELL,  married  John  Perkins. 

A  DAUGHTER  SCHELL,  married  Mr.  Deguer. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian  Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third     generation— MARK     SCHELL     and     DELI  LA 

CASLER. 

Their  Children. 

FREDERICK  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  mar- 
ried Miss  Gerou. 


JOHN  SCHELL,  born  at  ^larkham,  Ont.,  married  Elisa- 
beth Schell. 

PETER    SCHELL,    born    at    ^larkham,    Ont.,    about    24 
miles  North  of  Toronto,  i6th  October,  1802,  married 
there,  6th  October,  1825,  Mary  Hebner  born  at  Mark- 
ham,  Ont.,  24th  May,  1809. 
Peter  Schell  left  Markham  with  his  family,  29th  June, 
1842,  and  moved  to  St.  Clair  county,  (now  Sanilac  county), 
Mich.     He  went  by  the  way  of  Detroit  and  celebrated  the 
4th  of  July  there  to  initiate  himself  to  become  a  good  Ameri- 
can citizen.     He  settled  in  the  township  of  Worth,  in  San- 
ilac county ;  ten  years  later  lie  moved  to  the  township  ot 
Grant,  St.  Clair  county.     In  1862  he  moved  to  Attica,  La- 
peer county,  Mich.,  where  he  buried  his  wife,  Mary  Hebner, 
24th  August,  1874.     He  himself  was  buried  there  5th  July, 
1886. 

DAVID  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  married 
Rachel  Avery.  He  moved  to  Lexington,  Mich.,  where 
he  was  killed  on  the  Wild  Cat  road,  three  miles  West 
and  one  mile  South  of  the  village  of  Lexington. 

MICHAEL  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

MICHAEL  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  married 
Marion  Wright. 

DELILA    SCHELL,    born    at   Markham,    Ont,    married 
there,  John  Cline  (originally  spelled  the  German  way 
Klein)  born  in  the  Mohawk  valley,  N.  Y. 
Delila  Schell  died  at  Markham,  Ont.,  before  1861. 
John  Cline  left  Markham,  and  moved  to  Worth,  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  in  1861,  where  he  died  a  few  years  later. 


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MARILLIS  MARGARET  SCHELL,  born  at  MarkhanL, 

Ont.,  married  there,  Dr.  Cook.     She  married  a  second 

time,  Mr.  Hebner,  and  a  third  time,  at  Lexington,  John 

Tool,  a  widower. 

She  died  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  in  1885,  John  Tool  having 

died  a  few  years  before  her. 

EVE  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  married  Arthur 
Spring. 

NANCY    SCHELL,    born    at    Markham,    Ont,    married 
George  Hebner. 

MARY  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  married  Peter 
Spring-. 

CATHERINE  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont,  mar- 
ried Richard  Watson. 


Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation— John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third     generation— HENRY     SCHELL     and     MARY 

MOYER. 


Their  Children. 

ELISABETH  SCHELL,  born  at  Schell's  Bush,  in  the 
Mohawk  valley,  N.  Y.,  in  1796,  married  at  Markham, 
Ont,  Abraham  Baker.  She  died  in  June,  181 2,  at 
Markham.  ^•'^=^~  ^^ — 


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HENRY  SCHELL,   born  in  the  Nellis  settlement,  at  a 
place  called  the  "forty  miles  creek"  in  the  township  of 
Grimsby,  Ont,  between  Hamilton  and  Niagara,   i6th 
June,  1798,  married  at  Markham,  Ont.,  in  1820,  Elisa- 
beth Loonen  born  in  Markham,  Ont.,  in  1800,  daugh- 
ter of  Christian  Loonen  and  Maria  Loonen,  who  had 
emigrated  from  Holland  to  Canada. 
Elisabeth  Loonen  was  an  invalid  for  about  20  years  and 
died  at  West  Oxford,  in  Oxford  county,  Ont,  i6th  Decem- 
ber, 1843. 

Henry  Schell  married  again,  at  Toronto,  Canada,  loth 
September,  1845,  Hannah  Hugill  born  in  Bransdale,  York- 
shire, England,  i8th  Februan^,  181 5,  widow  of  Robert 
Swailes,  daughter  of  Solomon  Hugill  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Henry  Schell  moved  to  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  20th  October,  1858.  He  died  there,  3d  September, 
1881. 

Hannah  Schell,  nee  Hugill,  is  still  living.     (May,  1896). 

ABRAHAM    SCHELL,   born    12th    December,    1800,   in 
Markham,    Canada,    married    at   Toronto,    Ont,    i8th 
March,  1832,  Esther  Hugill  born  in  Bransdale,  York- 
shire, England,  4th  April,  1813,  daughter  of  Solomon 
Hugill  and  Esther  Hugill. 
He  moved  to  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  4th 
March,  1867.    Esther  Hugill  died  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer 
county,  Mich.,  3d  May,  1875.    Abraham  Schell  died  in  the 
town  of  Rich,  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  i8th  May,  1889. 

JACOB  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Canada,  17th  May, 
1803,  married  there,  before  Magistrate  James  Miles, 
26th  March,  1822,  Elisabeth  Ever  of  Markham  town- 
ship.   She  died  about  1833. 


HHNRY   SCHHLL, 
Born  June  16,  179^. 


^29— 

Jacob  Schell  married  again,  at  Toronto,  in  1839,  Cath- 
erine Smith,  of  Scotch  origin. 

Jacob  Schell  died  in  East  Oxford,  near  Woodstock,  Ont., 
in  1874. 

SUSANNE  SCHELL.  born  at  Markham,  then  called 
"Muddy  York,"  17th  August,  1806,  married  in  1822, 
John  Casler  of  Markham.,  Canada. 

They  had  two  sons  and  six  daughters. 

He  died  in  1836,  being  accidentally  shot  while  on  a  bear- 
hunt. 

Susanne  Schell  married  again,  in  1839,  Zenas  Ross  ot 
Streetsville,  Ont.,  born  at  Port  Hope,  Ont.,  5th  January, 
1800.  They  moved  to  the  southern  part  of  Lexington, 
Sanilac  county,  Mich. 

Zenas  Ross  was  buried  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  in  1882, 
5th  April. 

Susanne  Schell  died  in  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  22d  Novem- 
ber, 1890. 

SOLOMON  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ontario,  i6th 
December,  1868,  married  at  Chincuacossy,  Peel 
county,  near  Toronto,  Ontario,  6th  May,  1830,  Arti- 
missa  Patience  Hopkins  born  at  St.  Laurence,  N.  Y., 
nth  June,  181 1. 
Solomon  Schell  died  at  Ingersoll,  Ontario,  nth  Janua^}^ 
1888. 

Artimissa  P.  Hopkins  died  at  Hagersville,  Haldimand 
county,  Ont.,  28th  August,  1895. 

FANNY  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ontario,  6th  July, 
181 2,  married  in  1830,  James  Borland. 

They  resided  at  Tilsenburg,  Ontario. 

Fanny  Schell  died  at  Ingersoll,  Ont.,  21st  November, 
1891. 


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DANIEL  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ontario,  29th 
August,  181 5,  married  at  Etobicoke,  12  miles  from  To- 
ronto, Canada,  29th  August,  1838,  Eliza  Mercer  born 
28th  April  1 82 1,  daughter  of  Samuel  Mercer  and  Ann 
Anderson,  who  married  at  York,  about  1812.  Ann 
Anderson  was  born  in  New  Brunswick;  Samuel  Mer- 
cer was  born  in  the  States,  from  an  Irish  father. 
Eliza  Mercer  died  at  Riverside,  Southern  California,  9th 

May,  1881. 

Daniel   Schell   is   still   living,   at   Riverside,    Cal.     (May, 

1896.) 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second   generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third    generation— CHRISTIAN    SCHELL    and    MRS. 

SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

JOHN  CHRISTIAN  SCHELL,  born  in  Herkimer  county, 
N.  Y.,  married  there  and  died  without  leaving  a  family. 

AND  THREE  DAUGHTERS  SCHELL,  born  in  Herki- 
mer county,  N.  Y. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third  generation— JOHN  SCHELL  and  ANN  CASLER. 


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Their  Child len. 

JOHN   SCHELL,   born   in    Herkimer  county,    N.   Y.,   in 

1795,  became  a  soldier  in  the  American  army,  during 

the  war  of   181 2.     He  married   Nancy   Hilts  born   in 

Herkimer  county,  N.  Y.,  2d  January,  1793. 

John  Schell  died  in  Fremont,  Steuben  county,  N.  Y.,  23d 

April,  1880. 

Nancy  Hilts  died  loth  December,  1892;  she  lacked  only 
twenty  days  to  be  one  hundred  years  old. 

PETER  SCHELL,  born  in  Herkimer  county,  N.  Y. 

JACOB  SCHELL,  born  at  Herkimer  county,  N.  Y. 

MARK  SCHELL,  born  at  Herkimer  county,  N.  Y. 

ADAM   SCHELL,   born   at   Herkimer  county,   N.   Y.,   in 
1814,  married  Delia  Fultz  born  in  Herkimer  county, 
in  1813. 
He  moved  to  Orleans  township,  Jefiferson  county,  N.  Y., 
where  he  died  in  1894. 

AND   FIVE  DAUGHTERS   SCHELL,  born  in   Herki- 
mer county,  N.  Y. 


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Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third  generation — John  Schell  and  Anna  Casler. 
Fourth     generation— JOHN     SCHELL     and     NANCY 

HILTS. 


Their  Children. 

ISAAC  SCHELL,  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  about 
the  year  1816,  married  and  is  living  now  (May,  1896) 
at  Stone  Mills,  N.  Y. 

AND  SIX  OTHER  SONS  SCHEEL  younger  than  Isaac, 
and  born  in  the  state  of  New  York. 

AND  EIGHT  DAUGHTERS  SCHELL,  born  in  the 
state  of  New  York. 

Of  these  fifteen  children,  twelve  yet  survive  (May,  1896). 

These  fifteen  children  themselves  have  sixty-five  chil- 
dren, ninety  grandchildren  and  twelve  great  grandchildren. 


Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second   generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third  generation — John  Schell  and  Anna  Casler. 
Fourth     generation— ADAM     SCHELL     and     DELIA 

FULTZ. 


Their  Children. 

CATHERINE    SCHELL,    born    in    Orleans,    Jefferson 
county,  N.  Y. 

FREDERICK    SCHELL,    born    at    Orleans,    Jefferson 
County,  N.  Y. 

JOSEPH   SCHELL,   born   -n   Orleans,   Jefferson   county, 
N.  Y. 


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JEREMIAH  SCHELL,  born  in  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y.,  24th  March,  1838,  married  at  Clayton  county, 
N.  Y.,  25th  December,  1859,  ]^^^  Elisabeth  Sheldon 
born  at  Clayton  county,  N.  Y.,  ist  Januaiy,  1839, 
daughter  of  Potter  Sheldon  and  Nancy  Hill. 
Jeremiah  Schell  died  at  Clayton  county,  N.  Y.,  f/th  April, 

1872. 

MARY  SCHELL,  born  at  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y. 

MARTHA  SCHELL,  born  at  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y. 

HENRY   SCHELL,   born   at   Orleans,   Jefferson   county, 

N.  Y. 

HARVEY  SCHELL,  born  at  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y. 

CYNTHIA  SCHELL,  born  at  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y. 

LUCINDA  SCHELL,  born  at  Orleans,  Jefferson  county, 
N.  Y. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — ^John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation— HENRY  SCHELL  and  ELISA- 
BETH LOONEN. 


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Their  Child. 

ROBERT  ADDISON  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto  town- 
ship,  Ont.,  4th   September,    1821,  married  at  Oxford, 
near  Ingersoll,  Ont.,  15th  March,  1842,  Catherine  Eitz- 
Gerald,   born    in   Tipperary,    Ireland,   22d    December, 
1823,     daughter    of    Patrick     EitzGerald     and     Mary 
Meagher. 
Robert  A.  Schell  resided  at  Oxford  until  1848,  when  he 
moved   to   Tilsenburg,   where   he   remained   one   year   and 
then  returned  to  West  Oxford.     In  1852,  he  moved  to  Bur- 
ford,  Ont.    Leaving  his  family  at  home  he  went  from  there, 
in  April,  1853,  to  California,  having  caught  the  gold  fever, 
so  prevalent  in  those  days.     Whilst  he  was  handhng  the 
gold  on  the  Pacific  coast,  his  family  moved  to  Ingersoll, 
where  he  rejoined  them,  Alarch  17th.  1854.     In  the  begin- 
ning of  July,  1856,  he  went  to  McGillivray,  Out.,  to  engage 
in  storekeeping.     Two  years  later,  he  sold  out  and  crossed 
the  Canadian  border  and  settled  with  his  family  in  Lexing- 
ton, Mich.,  in  November,  1858.     Here  he  became  an  Ameri- 
can citizen,  like  his  grandfather  and  great  grandfather.     He 
was  much  respected  by  the  people  and  filled  various  offices 
of  trust:  he  served  honorably  for  two  terms  as  Sheriff  of 
Sanilac  county.     Here  he  remained  ever  since,  and  the  de- 
lightful  shore   of  Lake   Huron   has  witnessed  the   growth 
of  many  gray  hairs  in  his  venerable  head:  contented  and 
happy,  he  is  passing  there  his  old  days,  after  every  meal 
taking  a  walk  to  smoke  his  pipe  of  peace  and  having  an- 
other look  at  the  grandeur  of  the  vast  waters  of  beautiful 
Lake  Huron. 


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Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — ^John    Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation— HENRY   SCHELL  and   HANNAH 

HUGILL. 


Their  Children. 

WILLIAM  SCHELL,  born  in  Oxford,  Ont,  nth  June, 
1846,  married  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  ist  January, 
1 87 1,  Harriet  Whiting,  daughter  of  Samuel  Whiting 
and  Eliza  Whiting. 

FANNY  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont,  3d  June,  1849, 
died  there,  14th  October,  185 1. 

ALBERT  SCHELL,  born  at  Dereham,  Ont,  19th  Jan- 
uary, 1852,  married  in  Lapeer  county. 

CHARLES  EDGAR  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch, 
Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  23d  December,  i860,  married 
there,  4th  October,  1887,  Mary  Ellen  McClintock, 
daughter  of  Edward  McClintock  and  Jane  McClin- 
tock who  were  born  in  Scotland. 
Mary  Ellen  McClintock  died  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich., 
8th  February,  1896. 

Edgar  Schell,  treasurer  of  Deerfield  township,  Lapeei 
county,  Mich.,  was  instantly  killed  by  lightning,  5th  June, 
1896,  while  shutting  a  window  during  a  thunderstorm:  his 
body  was  seared  from  head  to  foot,  his  undergarments  were 
burned  to  a  crisp,  his  outergarments  seemed  intact     His 


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child  received  an  electric  shock  and  did  not  regain  con- 
sciousness for  two  days.  His  mother  was  hurled  from  one 
room  to  the  next,  but  was  unhurt. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourt  generation— ABRAHAAI  SCHELL  and  ESTHER 

HUGILL. 

Their  Children. 

ELIZA    SCHELL,    born    at    East    Oxford,    Ont.,    loth 

October,    1833,    married   there,    3d    September,    1855, 

Francis  J.  Galbraith  born  at  Toronto,  Ont.,  26th  June, 

1829,  son  of  James  Galbraith  and  Martha  Bridgeland, 

Eliza  Schell  died  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county,  Mich., 

2d  September,  1882. 

Francis  J.    Galbraith   died   near   North    Branch,    Lapeer 
county,  Mich.,  25th  January,  1892. 

LOVINA  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  20th 
March,  1835,  married  there,  15th  November,  1866, 
Daniel  Rowel  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  23d  August. 
1827,  son  of  Stratten  Rowel  and  Alice  Jones. 

SOLOMON   SCHELL,   born   at   East   Oxford,    Ont.,   in 

1837,  married  there,  13th  January,  1869,  Mary  C.  van 

de  Car  born  at  East  Oxford,   Ont.,   14th  July,   1846, 

daughter  of  Robert  van  de  Car  and  Mary  A.  Smith. 

Mary  C.  van  de  Car  died  at  Fidelgo,  Washington,  15th 

May,  1890. 


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MARY  ANN  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont,  6th 
July,  1839,  married  there,  9th  April,  1857,  James  Over- 
holt  born  at  Brantford,  Ont.,  23d  September,  1833,  son 
of  Alichael  Overholt  and  Mary  Everett. 

HANNAH    SCHELL,    born   at   East   Oxford,    Ont.,   8th 
May,    1841,   married  there,    I2tli   May,    1862,   William 
Demond  born  at  Woodstock,  Ont,  4th  April,  1831. 
Hannah  Schell  died  in  Illinois,  in  June,  1865. 

HENRY  SCHELL,  born  in  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  in  1844, 
married  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  Ella 
Keeler. 

DANIEL  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  in  1846, 
married  at  Burlington,  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  5th  Feb- 
ruary, 1 87 1,  Sarah  Ann  Curry  born  at  Paris,  Ont.,  3d 
October,  1851,  daughter  of  George  E.  Curry  and 
Sarah  Stearns. 

SARAH  JANE  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont,  in 
1848,  married  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county,  Mich., 
14th  January,  1870,  Thomas  Bass  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  20th  March,  1847,  son  of  Robert  Bass  and 
Ellen  Wilson. 
Sarah  Jane  Schell  died  at  North  Branch,  Mich  ist  May, 

1872. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Meyer. 
Fourth  generation— JACOB  SCHELL  and  ELISABETH 

EYER. 


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Their  Children. 

JOHN  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont,  15th  February, 
1823,  married  2d  June,  1846,  Elisabeth  Barber. 
He  died  at  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  13th  Alay,  1872. 

ISRAEL  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  Ont,  25th 
September,  1825. 

A'lARY  ANN  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  15th 
May,  1828. 

HENRY  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  Ont.,  14th 
July,  1830. 

SUSANNE  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  Ont, 
17th  December,  1832. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation— JACOB  SCHELL  and  CATH- 
ERINE SMITH. 

Their  Children. 

ROBERT  S.  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  Ont, 
6th  March,  1840,  married  21st  January,  1874,  Emma 
Peers  of  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  daughter  of  Henry  Peers. 

WILLIAM  SCHELL,  born  in  Toronto  township,  15th 
July,  1842,  married  Priscilla  Louisa  Carroll  daughter 
of  William  Carroll  of  the  township  of  Norwich,  Ont. 


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D UNTAX  M.  SCHELL,  born  in  the  township  of  Toronto, 
8th    September,    1844,   married   in   July    1873,   Phoebe 
CorneHa  Cornwell  of  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
He  became  a  ]\Iethodist  Minister. 

MARGARET  E.  SCHELL,  born  in  the  township  of  East 
Oxford,  22d  December,  1845,  married  Rev.  Reuben 
Millyard  of  the  ?^Iethodist  church. 

JACOB  THOMAS  SCHELL,  born  in  East  Oxford,  27th 
December,  1850,  married  loth  January,  1882,  Sarah 
Mclntyre  of  Tilsonburg,  Ont. 

ISABELLA  ALICE  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford, 
Ont.,  nth  April,  1853,  married  12th  June,  1880,  Wal- 
ter J.  Francis. 

MALCOLM  S.  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  13th 
November,  1855,  married  2d  Januar}',  1894,  Josephine 
Russ,  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  E.  Russ. 

WALTER  SMITH  SCHELL,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont., 
24th  February,  1858,  married  12th  October,  1893, 
Luella  E.  Ede,  daughter  of  John  Ede  of  East  Oxford, 
Ont. 


Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — X.  X.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and    Alaria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Meyer, 
Fourth   generation— SOLOMON    SCHELL   and   ARTI- 

rvIISSA  p.  HOPKIXS. 


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Their  Children. 

AMANDA  SOPHIA  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  6th 
October,  1831,  married  at  West  Oxford,  27th  Sep- 
tember, 1853,  Henry  Rivers. 

ALMIRA  SCHELL,   born  at  Toronto,   Ont,   21st  July, 
1833,  married  at  West  Oxford,  4th    October,    1853, 
Georg-e  Galloway. 
She  died  at  West  Oxford,  Ont.,  3d  October,  1882. 

ISABELLA  PATIENCE  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  ist 
November,  1835,  married  at  Dereham,  20th  October, 
1854,  Seymour  M,  Hogan. 

MARY  MELISSA  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  17th  July, 
1840,  married  in  West  Oxford,  29th  October,  1867, 
Robert  McMillan. 

HIRAM  EDWIN  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  31st  May, 
1842,  married  at  Niagara,  24th  June  1861,  Louisa 
Dumart. 

ELIZA  JANE  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  15th  April, 
1844,  married  at  West  Oxford,  ist  November,  1872, 
Cyrus  Fierheller. 

ROBERT  HOPKINS  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  19th 
November,  1846. 

WARREN  H.  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto,  26th  Novem- 
ber, 1848,  married  at  West  Oxford,  9th  December, 
1873,  Catherine  Maybee. 

BRADFORD  THOMAS  SCHELL,  born  at  Toronto, 
nth  May,  1858,  married  in  California,  in  November, 
1875,  Clara  van  de  Car. 


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Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth    generation— DAXIEL    SCHELL    and    ELIZA 

MERCER. 

Their  Children. 

SAMUEL  SCHELL,  born  9th  August,  1839,  married  at 
Ingersoll,  Ont.,  15th  May,  1866,  Emily  Lamport. 

FRANCIS  H.  SCHELL,  born  19th  April,  1841,  married  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  i8th  July,  1877,  Minnie  Hoffman 
born  2d  February,  1854. 

ERASTUS  SCHELL,  born  2d  December,  1842,  died  15th 
January,  1843. 

MARTHA  ANN  SCHELL,  born  2d  March,   1844,  mar- 
ried 22d  December,  i860,  Lambert  F.  Crawford,  M.  D. 
She  died  loth  October,  1875. 

CHARLES  HENRY  SCHELL,  born  4th  December, 
1846. 

MARY  AMELIA  SCHELL,  born  i6th  October.  1849. 
married  at  Ingersoll,  Ontario,  6th  October,  1869, 
Joseph  Jarvis  born  26th  October,  1842. 

ELLEN  SCHELL,  born  5th  April,  1852.  died  14th 
October  1878.     Unmarried. 


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HARRIETTE  SCHELL,  born  31st  July,  1854,  married  at 
Ingersoll,  Ontario,  23d  June,  1877,  William  B.  Chaffey, 
bom  2 1  St  October,  1854. 
Harriette  Schell  died  6tli  October,  1889. 

EMILY  SCHELL,  born  nth  January,  1857,  married  at 
Ing-ersoll,  Ontario,  26th  June,  1878,  William  Jonston 
Waddingham,  born   12th  November,   1854. 

ELIZA  SCHELL,  born  19th  April,  1859,  married  in  New 
Zealand,  25th  June,  1892,  Frederick  Hugh  Oldham 
born  27th  August,  1863. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — ^N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation— PETER  SCHELL  and  MARY  HEB- 

NER. 

Their  Children. 

GEORGE  ALEXANDER  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham, 
Ont.,  31st  January,  1827,  married  at  Port  Huron, 
Mich.,  31st  December,  1850,  Jane  Cox  born  in  Ireland, 
15th  January,  1833,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cox  and 
Elisabeth  Cox. 

HARRIET  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  13th  Feb- 
ruary, 1829,  died  there,  28th  March,  1829. 

DAVID  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  12th  Feb- 
ruary, 1830,  died  unmarned  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich.,  24th  May,  1851. 


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DENIS  SCHELL,  born  at  ^larkham,  Ont,  loth  April, 
1832,  married  in  Sanilac  county,  23d  May,  1854,  Maria 
Allen. 

MATILDA  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  25th  July, 
1834,  married  in  Sanilac  county,  Mich.,  Jehiel  Lock. 
She  married  a  second  time,  John  Hinkley,  and  a  third 
time,  Joseph  Scott.     She  died  12th  August,  1890. 

MARY  JANE  SCHELL,  born  at  Alarkham,  Ont,  17th 
November,  1836,  married  in  Sanilac  county,  Mich.. 
31st  October,  1854,  Hugh  ]\lclntyre. 

CATHERINE  SCHELL,  born  at  Alarkham,   Ont,   13th 
June,    1838,    married   in    Sanilac   county,    Mich.,    17th 
June,  1856,  John  Spring. 
Catherine  Schell  died  5th  July,  1887. 

MARK  SCHELL,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  22d  October, 
1840,  was  buried  in  Sanilac  county,  Mich.,  19th  Oc- 
tober, 1842. 

HENRY  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county,  Mich., 
2ist  August,  1843,  was  buried  there,  2d  February, 
1845- 

ELISABETH  SCHELL,  bom  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich.,  20th  August,  1845,  married  8th  October,  1861. 
George  L.  Baker. 

WASHINGTON  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  21st  January,  1848,  married  in  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  22d  August,  1874,  Sarah  Jane  Groat. 

TERESA  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county,  Mich., 
1st  April,  1 85 1,  married  in  Sanilac  county,  Mich.,  in 
1 87 1,  Irvin  Batchelor. 


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t  Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation— JOHN  SCHELL  and  ELISABETH 

SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

WILLIAM  SCHELL,  born  in  Canada,  moved  to  Lexing- 
ton, Mich.,  enlisted  in  the  army  during  the  civil  war 
and  was  killed  in  battle. 
He  married  in  Lexington,  Mich.,  before  the  war. 


:x 


Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation — Henrv^   Schell  and   Elisabeth   Loonen. 

Fifth  generation— ROBERT  A.  SCHELL  and  CATH- 
ERINE FITZGERALD. 

Their  Children. 

MARY  ELISABETH  SCHELL.  born  at  Oxford,  Ont., 
24th  July,  1843,  married  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  i8th  June, 


Mrs.  REBECCA  NIMS, 

yt'i'   SCHELL. 


Mrs.   MARY  E.  JANETTE, 
AVc  ScHF LI- 


HELEN  L.  SCHELL. 


Mrs.   C.   HELENA  NIMS, 
.\W  S<:hh.i  . 


—45— 

i86i,  Peter  Janette  born  at  Janette's  Creek,  near  Chat- 
ham, Canada,  i6th  August,  1829,  son  of  Peter  Janette 
and  CorneHa  Tiffany. 

For  biography  of  Peter  Janette  see  Appendix  E. 

Peter  Janette  was  buried  at  Lexington,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich.,  20th  November,  1893. 

TERESA  REBECCA  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Can- 
ada, on  Friday,  at  6.30  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  22d 
August,  1845,  niarried  at  Detroit,  27th  June,  1869, 
Edward  Loomis  Nims  bom  at  Richmond,  Vermont, 
26th  July,  1842,  son  of  Reuben  Nims  and  Sophia 
Whiton. 

CATHERINE  HELENA  SCHELL,  born  at  Tilsenburg, 
Dereham  township,  Ont.,  at  eleven  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing, 9th  September,  1848,  married  at  Lexington,  San- 
ilac county,  Mich.,  17th  January,  1872,  William  Reuben 
Nims  born  at  Richmond,  Vermont,  7th  June,  1829, 
widower  of  Susanne  B.  Greene,  son  of  Reuben  Nims 
and  Sophia  Whiten. 

JAMES  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Canada,  21st  Decem- 
ber,  1850,  died   loth  September,  1852. 

AUGUSTIN  ROBERT  SCHELL,  born  at  Ingersoll, 
Canada,  4th  November,  1853. 

JAMES  MEAGHER  SCHELL,  born  at  Ingersoll,  Can- 
ada, I2th  February,  1856,  died  at  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
21  St  August,  1873. 

HELEN  LOUISA  SCHELL,  born  at  Lexington,  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  on  Sunday,  at  7  o'clock  in  the  evening, 
22d  January,   i860. 


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Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Jacob  Schell  and  Elisabeth  Eyer. 
Fifth    generation— JOHN    SCHELL    and    ELISABETH 

BARBER. 

Their  Children. 

CATHERINE  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  nth  April, 
1847,  married  nth  December,  1873,  James  Henry 
Davis. 

DAVID  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont.,  5th  March,  1849, 
married  25th  December,  1879,  Eleanor  Hebner. 

MARY  ELISABETH  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont., 
24th  March,  1850. 

JEANNETTE  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont.,  23d 
August,  1852,  married  28th  October,  1875,  Frederick 
Moses  Koehler. 

ISRAEL  SCHELL,  bom  at  Oxford,  Ont,  21st  May,  1854. 

ANN  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont.,  20th  November, 
1856,  married  31st  May,  1882,  Nathan  Wesley. 

AGNES  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont.,  9th  March, 
1858,  married  31st  September,  1891,  Lincoln  Saulsley. 

JOHN  HENRY  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Ont,  22d 
August,  1862,  married  4th  August,  1891,  Mary  Ellen 
Lak. 


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IDA  ELSIE  SCHELL,  born  at  Oxford,  Out.,  14th  Feb- 
ruary, 1867. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation— Alark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — Peter  Schell  and  Alary  Hebner. 
Fifth    generation— GEORGE    A.    SCHELL    and    JANE 

COX. 

Their  Children. 

CAROLINE  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich.,  died  in  infancy. 

ANNABEL  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  died  in  infancy. 

LAFAYETTE  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich.,  28th  July,  1854,  married  in  Fremont,  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  24th  December,  1883,  Fanny  A.  Fletchei 
born  in  Wisconsin  6th  December,  1862,  daughter  oi 
Charles  Fletcher  and  Dinah  P.  Goy. 

NATHAN  SCHELL,  bom  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich,  20th  March,  1856,  married  in  Canada,  13th 
August,  1 88 1,  Jessie  Mitchell  born  in  Canada,  loth 
March,  1862. 

JOHN  R.  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county,  Mich., 
married  there,  Miss  MacKenzie. 

ELISABETH  A.  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac 
county,  Mich.,  married  there,  William  Bragg. 


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MARY  H.  SCHELL,  born  in  Worth,  Sanilac  county, 
Mich. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian     Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — John  Schell  and  Elisabeth  Schell. 
Fifth     generation— WILLIAM     SCHELL     and     MRS. 

SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

SCHELL,   born   at  Lexington,   Mich., 

married  there,  William  Miller,  who  resided  during  the 
longer  part  of  his  life,  one  mile  West  and  one-half  mile 
South  of  the  village  of  Lexington,  Mich. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 
Fifth     generation— SAMUEL     SCHELL     and     EMILY 

LAMPORT. 

Their  Children. 

HATTIE  SEXTON  SCHELL,  born  6th  March,  1867, 
married  in  Hamilton,  Ohio,  27th  April,  1891,  William 
B.  Chaflfey. 


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FREDERICK  CHESTER  SCHELL,  born  5th  March, 
1869,  married  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  23d  March,  1893, 
Clara  Owen. 

CARL  H.  SCHELL,  born  20th  October,  1870. 

LILIAN  E.  SCHELL,  born  20th  October,  1873. 

EDWARD  LAMPORT  SCHELL,  born  ist  November, 
1874. 

ELISABETH  SCHELL,  born  14th  November,   1875. 

]\IARY  E.  SCHELL,  born  31st  October,  1877. 

HUGH  DANIEL  SCHELL,  born   14th  February,   1879. 

LEE  G.  SCHELL,  born  2d  September,  1880. 

INFANT  SCHELL,  born  22d  October,  died  31st  October, 
1881. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — Peter  Schell  and  Mary  Hebner. 
Fifth      generation  — WASHINGTON      SCHELL      and 

SARAH  JANE  GROAT. 

Their  Children. 

EFFA  MAY  SCHELL,  born  at  Attica,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  1st  July,  1875,  died  there  5th  May,  1877. 


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MARY  AMELIA  SCHELL,     ]    '^"''"''  ''°"'  '*  ^"'''' 
MYRON  HUBERT  SCHELL  b"^'"  """'>'■  "5"' 

)         December,  1876. 

VERA    RUTH    SCHELL,    born  at   Detroit,   Mich.,   8th 
April,  1893. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Sciiell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Hannah  Hugill. 
Fifth  generation— WILLIAM  SCHELL  and  HARRIET 

WHITING. 

Their  Children. 

NELLIE    SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  26th 
August,  1875,  tli^tl  there,  13th  August,  1886. 

EVA  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  26th  August,  1875, 
died  there,  loth  November,  1878. 

ERNEST  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  7th  May,  1879. 

EDNA  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  2d  May,  1883. 

PERCIVAL  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  i8th  July, 
1886. 

LORA  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  20th  November, 
1890. 

MYRTILLA    SCHELL,    born    in    Lapeer   county,    i8th 
November,    1893. 


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Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Schell  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth     generation  —  HENRY     SCHELL     and     ELLA 

KEELER. 

Their  Children. 

HERBERT   SCHELL,    born    at    North    Branch,    Lapeer 
county,  Mich.,  27th  August,  1875. 

MINA  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  22d  October,  1877. 

CARRIE  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  1st  December,  1880. 

CARL  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  nth  April,  1883. 

ROY  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  14th  March,  1886. 

LEITA  SCHELL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer  county, 
Mich.,  19th  October,  1889. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and    Maria 
Schell. 


—52— 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Henery  Schell  and  Hannah  Hugill. 
Fifth      generation  — ALBERT      SCHELL     and      MRS. 
SCHELL. 


Children. 

FIVE  CHILDREN  SCHELL. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Schell  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth  generation— DANIEL  SCHELL  and  SARAH  ANN 

CURRY. 

Their  Children. 

ARTHUR  LLOYD  SCHELL,  born  at  Burnside,  Lapeer 
county,  Mich.,  28th  February,  1878. 

EDITH  SCHELL,      |  Twins,  born  at  Almont,  Mich.,  3d 
ETHEL  SCHELL,     [      August,  1880. 

JENNIE  GRACE  SCHELL,  born  at  Almont,  Mich.,  28th 
December,  1882. 

ERNEST  SCHELL,  born  at  Almont,  Mich.,  13th  January, 
1886. 

JOHN  SCHELL,  born  at  Rich,  Mich.,  25th  November, 
1893- 


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Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 
Fifth  generation— FRANCIS  H.  SCHELL  and  MINNIE 

HOFFMAN. 

Their  Children. 

GEORGE  H.  SCHELL,  born  20th  May,  died  14th  Decem- 
ber, 1878. 

HOWARD  F.  SCHELL,  born  4th  October,  1879. 

MABEL  H.  SCHELL,  born  30th  January,  1882. 

CHARLES  H.  SCHELL,  born  14th  January,  1884,  died 
19th  November,  1886. 

ROBERT  SCHELL,  born  5th  August,   1890. 

CLARENCE  R.  SCHELL,  born  19th  March,  1893. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Hannah  Hugill. 
Fifth  generation— EDGAR  SCHELL  and  MARY  ELLEN 

McCLINTOCK. 


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Their  Children. 

FLORENCE  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich., 
19th  October,  1888. 

RAY  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  15th  Janu- 
ary, 1893. 

GRACE  SCHELL,  born  in  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  21st 
June,  1894. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third  generation — John  Schell  and  Anna  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — John  Schell  and  Nancy  Hilts. 
Fifth  generation— ISAAC  SCHELL  and  MRS.  SCHELL. 

Their  Children. 

DAVID  H.  SCHELL,  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  now 
residing  at  Stone  Mills,  N.  Y.,  who  has  given  the 
Compiler  valuable  information  concerning  the  Schells 
of  New  York  state.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Mr. 
David  H.  Schell  furnished  nothing  about  himself  and 
his  family. 


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Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    (Hannes)    Schell    and    Barbara 

Schell. 
Third  generation — John  Schell  and  Anna  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — Adam  Schell  and  Delia  Fultz. 
Fifth    generation— JEREMIAH     SCHELL    and    JANE 

ELISABETH   SHELDON. 

Their  Children. 

ESTELLA  SCHELL,  born  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  in  1862, 
died  there,  in   1863. 

LUKE  ELLSWORTH  SCHELL,  born  at  Clayton,  N.  Y., 
22d  September,  1864,  moved  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  where 
he  is  a  practicing  physician. 

JOHN  SCHELL,  born  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  15th  August, 
1866,  died  there,  in  1871. 

BRAYTON  ELAM  SCHELL,  born  at  Clayton,  N.  Y.,  2d 
April,  1 87 1,  died  there,  21st  January,  1889. 


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ARMSTRONG. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Susanne  Schell  and  Zenas  Ross. 
Fifth    generation— CHARLOTTE    ROSS    and    JAMES 

ARMSTRONG. 

Their  Children. 

SUSANNE  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

LAURA  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

CHARLOTTE  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

HATTIE  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,'  Mich. 

RUFUS  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

ALTON  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

MARGARET  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

SILAS  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

CECIL  ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich. 

MARY    ARMSTRONG,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  died 
there,  in  early  youth. 


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BAKER. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation— ELISABETH  SCHELL  and  ABRA- 
HAM BAKER. 

Their  Child. 
EVE  BAKER,  born  at  Markham,  Ont,  in  June,  1812. 


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BORLAND. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth     generation— FANNY     SCHELL     and     JAMES 

BORLAND. 

Their  Children. 

JOHN  HENRY  BORLAND,  bom  at  Streetsville,  Ont., 
25th  November,  1830,  married  at  Ingersoll,  Ont.,  5th 
January,  1859,  Effie  McKiggan. 

DIANA  SCHELL  BORLAND,  married  D.  Moore. 

MARY  JANE  BORLAND,  married  Isaac  Fergison. 

EDWARD  BORLAND,  married  at  Dereham,  Ont,  Jane 
York. 


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CASLER. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth    generation— SUSANNE    SCHELL    and    JOHN 

CASLER. 

Their  Children. 

RICHARD  CASLER,  born  in  Canada. 

MARY  A.  CASLER,  born  in  Canada,  married  Mr.  Mus- 
tard. 

SOLOMON  CASLER,  born  in  Canada. 


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CHAFFEY. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 

Fifth  generation— HENRIETTA  SCHELL  and  WIL- 
LIAM B.  CHAFFEY. 

Their  Children. 

ARTHUR  CHAFFEY,  born  5th  March,  1878. 

KARL  CHAFFEY,  born  23d  December,  1881. 

EVELYN  CHAFFEY,  born  29th  December,   1883. 

HELEN  CHAFFEY,  bom  21st  September,  1885,  died 
22d  September,  1886. 

WILLIAM  HERBERT  CHAFFEY,  born  23d  September, 
1887. 

MAURICE  CHAFFEY,  born  i8th  September,  1889,  died 
21  St  January,  1890. 


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CHAFFEY. 

Sixth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 
Fifth  generation — Samuel  Schell  and  Emily  Lamport. 
Sixth  generation— HATTIE  S.  SCHELL  and  WILLIAM 

B.  CHAFFEY. 

Their  Children. 

LILLIAN   S.   CHAFFEY,   born    loth   March,   died    13th 
August,  1892. 

GEORGE  FREDERICK  CHAFFEY,  born  2d  July,  1894- 


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CLINE. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N,  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth     generation— DELILA     SCHELL     and     JOHN 

CLINE. 

Their  Children. 

JACOB  CLINE,  born  at  Markham,  Ont.,  30th  April,  1815, 

married  there,  15th  September,  1845,  ]^^'^^  Finney  born 

in  Scotland,  who  came  with  her  parents  to  Canada  at 

the  age  of  three  years. 

Jacob  Cline  came  with  his  parents  and  family  to  Worth, 

Sanilac  county,  Mich.,  in  1861. 


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CUNE. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation^ — -John     Cliristian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Mark  Schell  and  Delila  Casler. 
Fourth  generation — Delila  Schell  and  John  Cline  (Klein). 
Fifth  generation— JACOB  CLINE  and  JANE  FINNEY. 

Their  Children. 

JOHN  CLINE, 
WILLIAM  M.  CLINE, 
TENA  (CHRISTINA)  CLINE, 
LILLIE  CLINE, 
SEWALL  CLINE, 
INFANT  CLINE  died. 


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CRAJ^'FORD. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second  generation — John  Christian  Schell  and  Maria 
Schell. 

Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 

Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 

Fifth  generation— MARTHA  ANN  SCHELL  and  LAM- 
BERT F.  CRAWFORD. 

Their  Children. 

VERNON  CRAWFORD,  bom  20th  June,  1871,  died  8th 
September,  1875. 

CLARA  LOUISA  CRAWFORD,  born  28th  June,  1873. 

ELIZA  CRAWFORD,  born  ist  September,  died  24th 
October,  1875. 


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DEMOND. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Schell  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth  generation— HANNAH  SCHELL  and  WILLIAM 

DEMOND. 

Their  Child. 

FREDERICK    DEMOND,    born    in    New    Jersey,    26th 
March,    1863. 


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GALBRAITH. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Scheli,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Scheli     and     Maria 

Scheli. 
Third  generation — Henry  Scheli  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Scheli  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth    generation— ELIZA    SCHELL   and    FRANCIS   J. 

GALBRAITH. 

Their  Children. 

ANNA  GALBRAITH,  born  at  East  Oxford,  Ont.,  17th 
November,  1856. 

ALBERT  C.  GALBRAITH,  born  in  East  Oxford,  Ont., 
22d  January,  1858. 

WILLIAM  F.  GALBRAITH,  born  in  East  Oxford,  Ont., 
25th   February,   1861. 

ELEANOR  GALBRAITH,  bom  at  East  Oxford,  Ont., 
26th  May,  1863,  married  at  North  Branch,  Mich.,  17th 
June,  1885,  Frank  W.  Draper. 


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JARVIS. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  g-eneration — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 
Fifth     generation  —  MARY     AMELIA     SCHELL     and 

JOSEPH  JARVIS. 

Their  Children. 

JOSEPH  STANLEY  JARVIS,  born  23d  January,   1872, 
died  6th  April,  1873. 

BERTHA  LOUISA  JARVIS,  born  30th  January,   1874, 
died  nth  November,  1893. 

KARL  ALLEN  JARVIS,  born  7th  March,  1875,  died. 

CLARENCE   CRAWFORD   JARVIS,  born  i6th  Febru- 
ary, 1876. 

EDITH   LISLE  JARVIS,  born  24th  July,  1877. 

FRANCIS  JOSEPH  JARVIS,  born  i6th  March,  1882. 

CHARLES  HOWARD  JARVIS,  born  27th  March,  1885. 

BEATRICE  AMELIA  JARVIS,  born  ist  August,  1888. 

HELEN  MERCER  JARVIS,  born  i6th  April,  died  26th 
October,  1890. 


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KAISER. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    generation— John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation— MARY  CATHERINE  SCHELL  and 

ADAM  KAISER. 

Their  Children. 

CHARLES  KAISER, 

ADAM  KAISER, 

A  DAUGHTER  KAISER,  married  Benjamin  Cole. 


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MARTZ. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation— ELISABETH  SCHELL  and  PETER 

MARTZ. 


Their  Children. 


DAVID  MARTZ, 
WALTER  MARTZ, 
PETER  MARTZ, 
CHARLES  MARTZ, 
STEPHEN  MARTZ. 


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NIMS. 

Sixth  Generation. 

First  g-eneration — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second  generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — -Henry  Schell  and  Elisabeth  Loonen. 
Fifth  generation — Robert  A.  Schell  and  Catherine  FitzGer- 

ald. 
Sixth   generation— TERESA   REBECCA   SCHELL   and 

E.  LOOMIS  NIMS. 

Their  Children. 

FRANCES  HELENA  NiMS,  born  at  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
15th  September,  1873. 

BESSIE    NIMS,  born  at  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  22d  April, 
1876. 

ANNA  TERESA  NIMS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich.,   ist 
August,  1878. 

LOUISA  CLARA  NIMS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  25th 
February,  1881. 


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NIMS. 

Sixth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Elisabeth  Loonen. 
Fifth  generation — Robert  A.  Schell  and  Catherine  FitzGer- 

ald. 
Sixth    generation— CATHERINE    HELENA    SCHELL 

and  WILLIAM  R.  NIMS. 

Their  Children. 

WILLIAM   REUBEN   NIMS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich., 
15th  December,  1874. 

MARY  AUGUSTA  NIMS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  24th 
May,  1880. 

ROBERT    JEROME    NIMS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich., 
22d  September,  1883. 


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OLDHAM. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  g-eneration — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Eliza  Mercer. 
Fifth  generation— ELIZA  SCHELL  and  FREDERICK 

H.  OLDHAM. 

Their  Child. 

EDWARD    HUGH    OLDHAM,  born  in  New  Zealand, 
1st  November,  1893. 


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OVERHOLT. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Schell  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth   generation— MARY  ANN   SCHELL  and  JAMES 

OVERHOLT. 

Their  Children. 

MARTHA  ANN  OVERHOLT,  born  in  Brantford,  Ont., 
nth  October,  1859,  married  there,  22d  December,  1885, 
William  Forrest. 

EDWARD  LEVI  OVERHOLT,  born  in  Brantford,  Ont., 
loth  October,  1861. 

JOHN  EMERSON  OVERHOLT,  born  in  Brantford, 
Ont.,  14th  September,  1863,  married  at  Inneskip,  Ont., 
24th  August,  1887,  Harriet  Eliza  Murdock. 

NETTIE  OVERHOLT,  born  in  Brantford,  Ont.,  14th 
July,  1866,  married  there,  19th  November,  1890, 
Samuel  Robert  Perry. 

SARAH  MARIA  OVERHOLT,  born  at  Brantford,  Ont., 
23d  July,  1870,  married  there,  13th  November,  1889, 
Edward  James  W.  Perry. 


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PHILIPS. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Susanne  Schell  and  Zenas  Ross. 
Fifth    generation— MARGARET    ROSS    and    GEORGE 

PHILIPS. 

Their  Children. 
ALPHARETTA  PHILIPS,  born  6th  February,  1875. 
PHLETA  MAY  PHILIPS,  bom  5th  January,  1891. 


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PLANK. 

Third  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian     Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation— EVA  SCHELL  and  MR.  PLANK. 

Their  Child. 
JOHN  PLANK,  married  N.  N. 


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PLANK. 

Fourth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Eva  Schell  and  Mr.  Plank. 
Fourth  generation— JOHN  PLANK  and  MRS.  PLANK. 

Their  Children. 

BARTHOLOMEW  PLANK. 
A  SON  PLANK. 


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ROSS. 

Fourth]Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth   generation— SUSANNE   SCHELL  and   ZENAS 

ROSS. 

Their  Children. 

ROXY  ROSS,  born  8th  July,  1840,  married  Joseph  Utley. 
She  died  9th  March,  1873. 

JOHN   ROSS,  born  24th  December,  1841,  died  8th  April, 
1852. 

HENRY  W.  ROSS,  born  22d  January,  1843,  married  26th 
September,  1866,  Annette  Philips  born  at  North  Her- 
mon,  Maine,  nth  July,  1842. 
He  resided  in  the  Southern  part  of  Lexington,  Mich., 
during  the  longer  part  of  his  life. 

CHARLOTTE    ROSS,    born    loth    May,    1844,    married 
James  Armstrong. 

MARGARET   ROSS,   born    17th   August,    1847,   married 
George  Philips. 


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ROSS. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John    Christian    Schell    and    Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Susanne  Schell  and  Zenas  Ross. 
Fifth   generation— HENRY   W.   ROSS   and   ANNETTE 

PHILIPS. 

Their  Children. 

ZENAS  ROSS,  born  at  Rock  Falls,  Mich.,  26th  June,  1868. 

NETTIE  ROSS,   born  at  Lexington,   Mich.,   19th  April, 
1872. 

FLORENCE  ROSS,  born  at  Lexington,  Mich.,  28th  June, 
1876.  i 


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ROIVEL 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Scliell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second     generation — John     Christian     Schell     and     Maria 

SchelL 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Abraham  Schell  and  Esther  Hugill. 
Fifth    generation— LOVINA    SCHELL    and    DANIEL 

ROWEL. 

TJieir  Children. 

CALVERT  ROWEL,  born  at  North  Branch,  Lapeer 
county,  Michigan,  i6th  February,  1867,  died  12th  June, 
1877. 

ESTHER  ALICE  ROWEL,  born  at  Dayton,  Mich.,  loth 
May,  1870,  died  15th  November,  1876. 

SARAH  ELEANOR  ROWEL,  born  at  North  Branch, 
Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  nth  August,  1872,  married  at 
Caro,  Mich.,  i8th  July,  1894,  Silvester  Miller. 


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UTLEY. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 
Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Susanne  Schell  and  Zenas  Ross. 
Fifth  generation— ROXY  ROSS  and  JOSEPH  UTLEY. 

Their  Children. 

LOTTIE  UTLEY,  born  in  December,  1866,  married  Mr. 
Lindow. 

JOHN  UTLEY,  born  in  March,  1868. 

R.  Z.  UTLEY,  born  20th  April,  1871. 

MARGARET  UTLEY,  bom  ist  March,  1873,  married  Mr. 
Yake. 


H^ADDINGHAM. 

Fifth  Generation. 

First  generation — N.  N.  Schell,  of  Baden  Baden. 

Second    generation — John     Christian    Schell    and     Maria 

Schell. 
Third  generation — Henry  Schell  and  Mary  Moyer. 
Fourth  generation — Daniel  Schell  and  Ehza  Mercer. 
Fifth  generation— EMILY  SCHELL  and  WILLIAM  J. 

WAD  D  INGHAM. 

Their  Children. 

ETHEL  AUGUSTA  WADDINGHAM,  born  12th  June, 
1880. 

FLORENCE    ISABEL    WADDINGHAM,    born     i8th 
April,  1882. 

HAROLD  WADDINGHAM,  born  ist  March,  1884,  died 
15th  November,  1886. 

ELSIE  KELLS  WADDINGHAM,  born  19th  July,  1885. 

GERTRUDE    SCHELL    WADDINGHAM,    bom    5th 
December,  1886. 

ALICE  MARGARET  WADDINGHAM,  born  6th  May, 
1888. 

WILLIAM     MERCER    WADDINGHAM,    born    29th 
September,  1889. 

EMMA  WADDINGHAM,  born  17th  January,  1891. 

ARTHUR  WADDINGHAM,  born  29th  August,  died  ist 
December,  1802. 


APPENDIX   A. 

Extract  from  "Life  of  Joseph  Brant-Thayendanegea,"'  by 
William  L.  Stone.     Vol.  2,  Chap.  5,  page  164: 

"Another  affair,  as  an  individual  exploit,  was  as  remarks 
able  for  its  coolness  and  bravery,  as  for  the  singular  incident 
occurring  in  the  course  of  the  battle,  or  rather  siege,  by 
which  the  leader  of  the  enemy  was  made  to  supply  ammu- 
nition to  be  used  against  his  own  troops.  There  was,  and 
is  to  this  day,  a  wealthy  German  settlement  about  four 
miles  north  of  the  village  of  Herkimer,  called  "Schell's 
Bush.''  Among  those  of  the  settlers  who  had  built  block- 
houses of  their  own,  was  John  Christian  Schell.  His  stock- 
ade was  large  and  substantial,  and  well  calculated  for 
defence.  The  first  story  had  no  windows,  but  small  loop- 
holes, through  which  the  inmates  could  fire  upon  any 
persons  venturing  to  assail  them.  The  second  story  pro- 
jected two  or  three  feet  over  the  first,  so  constructed  that 
the  garrison  could  either  fire  upon  those  who  approached 
too  near,  or  cast  down  missiles  upon  their  heads.  Schell 
had  a  family  of  six  sons,  the  youngest  two  of  whom  were 
twins  and  but  eight  years  old.  In  the  afternoon  of  the  6th 
of  August,  Donald  McDonald,  one  of  the  Scotch  refugees 
who  fled  from  Johnstown,  made  an  attack  upon  Scheli'a 
Bush  at  the  head  of  a  band  of  sixty-six  Indians  and  tones 
among  the  latter  of  whom  were  two  celebrated  traitors, 
named  Empie  and  Kassellman.  Most  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Schell's  Bush,  however,  had  taken  refuse  in  fort  Day- 
ton, four  miles  distant;  but  John  Christian  Schell,  being 
a  sturdy  believer  in  the  doctrine  that  every  man's  house  is 
his  castle,  refused  to  quit  his  own  domicile.  He  and  his 
sons  were  at  work  in  the  field  when   McDonald  and  his 


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party  made  their  appearance;  and  the  children  were  unfor- 
tunately separated  so  widely  from  their  father,  as  to  fall 
in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  Schell  and  his  other  boys  suc- 
ceeded in  reaching  their  castle,  and  barricading  the  pon- 
derous door.  And  then  commenced  the  battle.  The  be- 
sieged were  well  armed,  and  all  behaved  with  admirable 
bravery;  but  none  more  bravely  than  Schell's  wife,  who 
loaded  the  pieces  as  her  husband  and  sons  discharged  them. 
The  battle  commenced  at  two  o'clock,  and  continued  until 
dark.  Several  attempts  were  made  by  McDonald  to  set 
fire  to  the  castle,  but  without  success;  and  his  forces  were 
repeatedly  driven  back  by  the  galling  fire  they  received. 
McDonald  at  length  procured  a  crowbar  and  attempted 
to  force  the  door;  but  while  thus  engaged  received  a  shot 
in  the  leg  from  Schell's  blunderbuss,  which  put  him  "hors 
de  combat."  None  of  his  men  being  sufiticiently  near  at 
the  moment  to  rescue  him,  Schell,  quick  as  lightning, 
opened  the  door,  and  drew  him  within  the  walls  a  prisoner. 
The  misfortune  of  Schell  and  his  garrison  was,  that  their 
ammunition  began  to  run  low;  but  McDonald  was  very 
amply  provided,  and  to  save  his  own  life,  he  surrendered 
his  cartridges  to  the  garrison  to  fire  upon  his  comrades. 
Several  of  the  enemy  having  been  killed  and  others 
wounded,  they  now  drew  off  for  a  respite.  Schell  and  his 
troops,  moreover,  needed  a  little  breathing  time;  and  feeling 
assured  that,  so  long  as  he  had  the  commanding  otiicer 
of  the  besiegers  in  his  possession,  the  enemy  would  hardly 
attempt  to  burn  the  citadel,  he  ceased  firing.  He  then  went 
upstairs,  and  sang  the  hymn  which  was  a  favorite  of  Luther 
during  the  perils  and  afflictions  of  the  Great  Reformer  in 
the  controversies  with  the  Pope.^  While  thus  engaged  the 
enemy  likewise  ceased  firing.  But  they  soon  afterwards  ral- 
lied again  to  the  fight,  and  made  a  desperate  effort  to  can7 
the  fortress  by  assault.     Rushing  up  to  the  walls,  five  of 


them  thrust  the  muzzles  of  their  guns  through  the  loopholes, 
but  had  no  sooner  done  so,  than  Mrs.  Schell,  seizing  an 
axe,  by  quick  and  well  directed  blows  ruined  every  musket 
thus  thrust  through  the  walls,  by  bending  the  barrels.  A 
few  more  well  directed  shots  by  Schell  and  his  sons  once 
more  drove  the  assailants  back.  Schell  thereupon  ran  up 
to  the  second  story,  just  in  the  twilight,  and  calling  out 
to  his  wife  with  a  loud  voice,  informed  her  that  Capt.  Small 
was  approaching  from  fort  Dayton  with  succor.  In  yet 
louder  notes  he  exclaimed:  "Captain  Small,  march  your 
company  round  upon  this  side  of  the  house.  Captain  Get- 
man,  you  had  better  wheel  your  men  off  to  the  left,  and 
come  upon  that  side."  There  were,  of  course,  no  troops 
approaching;  but  the  directions  of  Schell  were  given  with 
such  precision,  and  such  apparent  earnestness  and  sincerity, 
that  the  stratagem  succeeded,  and  the  enemy  immediately 
fled  to  the  woods,  taking  away  the  twin  lads  as  prisoners.^ 
Setting  the  best  provisions  they  had  before  their  reluctant 
guest,  Schell  and  his  family  lost  no  time  in  repairing  to 
fort  Dayton,  which  they  reached  in  safety,  leaving  McDon- 
ald in  the  quiet  possession  of  the  castle  he  had  been  striving 
to  capture  in  vain.  Some  two  or  three  of  McDonald's 
Indians  lingered  about  the  premises  to  ascertain  the  fate  of 
their  leader;  and  finding  that  Schell  and  his  family  had 
evacuated  the  post,  ventured  in  to  visit  him.  Not  being 
able  to  remove  him,  however,  on  taking  themselves  oft, 
they  charged  their  wounded  leader  to  inform  Schell,  that  if 
he  would  be  kind  to  him  (McDonald),  they  would  take 
good  care  of  his  (Schell's)  captive  boys.     McDonald  was 


(i)  A  literal  translation  of  this  hymn  has  been  furnished 
the  author  by  Professor  Bokum  of  Harvard  University, 
which  will  be  found  in  Appendix. 

(2)  One  of  Schell's  neighbors  lay  in  ambush  during  the 
battle  and  heard  Schell's  directions  to  Small  and  Getman. 


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the  next  day  removed  to  the  fort  by  Captain  Small,  where 
his  leg  was  amputated;  but  the  blood  could  not  be  stanched, 
and  he  died  in  a  few  hours."'  The  lads  were  carried  into 
Canada.  The  loss  of  tlie  enemy  on  the  ground  was  eleven 
killed  and  six  wounded.  The  boys,  who  were  rescued  after 
the  war,  reported  that  they  took  twelve  of  their  wounded 
away  with  them,  nine  of  whom  died  before  they  arrived  in 
Canada.* 

At  a  subsequent  day,  Schell,  being  at  work  in  the  field 
with  his  two  sons  at  no  great  distance  from  the  fort,  was 
fired  upon  by  a  party  of  Indians  concealed  in  the  standing 
wheat,  and  severely  wounded.  He  called  to  his  sons  not 
to  allow  the  Indians  to  scalp  him;  and  neither  of  the  brave 
boys  would  retreat  until  a  guard  came  from  the  fort  to 
their  relief.  But  in  the  discharge  of  this  filial  duty,  one  of 
them  was  killed  and  the  other  wounded.  John  Christian 
Schell  himself  died  of  his  wound,  in  the  fort.  His  deeds 
were  commemorated  in  one  of  the  most  rude  and  prosaic 
of  ballads.  But  his  memory  is  yet  green  in  the  remembrance 
of  the  German  population  of  Herkimer."^ 


(3)  McDonald  wore  a  silver  mounted  tomahawk,  which 
was  taken  from  him  by  Schell.  It  was  marked  by  thirty 
scalpnotches,  showing  that  few  Indians  could  have  been 
more  industrious  than  himself  in  gathering  that  descrip- 
tion of  military  trophies. 

(4)  Among  the  slain  was  a  white  man,  who  had  two 
thumbs  on  one  hand.  One  of  Schell's  sons  is  yet  living 
in  Canada,  being  a  member  of  the  Dunkard's  Society,  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Toronto.  (Reference  is  made  here  to 
Frederick  Schell.— C.  D.) 

(5)  This  account  of  John  Christian  Schell's  exploit  has 
been  drawn  chiefly  from  the  MS.  statement  of  the  venerable 
Col.  William  Feeter,  yet  living  in  that  town  (February, 
1838),  and  from  the  ballad  mentioned  in  the  text,  which 
contains  a  pathetic  and  particular  recitation  of  the  facts. 


APPENDIX   B. 

A  Ballad  originally  written  in  German,  translated  into 
English  by  Professor  Bokum  of  Harvard  University. 

Copied  from  "Border  Warfare  of  New  York,"  by  Hon. 
William  W.  Campbell. 

A  story,  a  story, 

Unto  you  I  will  tell. 
Concerning  a  brave  hero, 

One  Christian  Schell, 

Who  was  attacked  by  the  Savages, 

And  tories,  as  is  said. 
But  for  this  attack 

Most  dearly  they  paid. 

The  sixth  of  August 

He  went  to  his  field, 
Determined  if  the  enemy 

Came,  never  to  yield. 

Two  sons  he  had  along  with  him 

Resolved  were  the  same; 
About  the  middle  of  the  afternoon, 

These  invaders,  they  came. 

He  fled  unto  his  blockhouse. 

For  to  save  his  life 
Where  he  had  left  his  arms 

In  the  care  of  his  wife. 

The  enemy  took  prisoners. 

Two  sons  that  were  twins. 
About  eight  years  of  age; 

Soon  the  battle  it  begins. 


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Tliey  advanced  upon  him 

And  began  to  fire, 
But  Christian  with  his  blunderbus 

Soon  made  them  retire. 

He  wounded  Donald  McDonald, 

And  drew  him  in  the  door, 
Who  gave  an  account 

There  were  strength  sixty-four; 

They  fought  from  two  in  the  afternoon 
Until  the  closing  of  the  light ; 

Schell's  son  was  slightly  wounded 
Before  that  it  was  night. 

The  old  woman  she  has  spoiled. 

Five  guns,  as  I  have  since  been  told, 

With  nothing  but  a  chopping  ax. 
Which  shows  that  she  was  bold. 

Six  there  were  wounded. 

And  eleven  there  was  killed. 
Of  this  said  party, 

Before  they  quit  the  field. 

The  Indians  were  forty-eight. 

And  tories  full  sixteent. 
By  old  Schell  and  his  two  sons. 

Oh  the  like  was  never  seen. 
Not  Hke  to  get  assistance. 

Nor  anybody's  help. 
They  thought  for  to  affright  him 

By  setting  up  their  Yelp. 

But  God  was  his  assistant, 

His  buckler  and  his  shield, 
He  dispersed  this  cruel  enemy. 

And  made  them  cjuit  the  field. 


Come  all  you  Tr}^on  county  men, 

And  never  be  dismayed, 
But  trust  in  the  Lord, 

And  he  will  be  your  aid. 

Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  your  might, 

And  call  upon  his  name, 
And  he  will  help  you  as  he  did  Schell 

To  his  immortal  fame. 


a: 


APPENDIX  C. 
I. 

A  firm  fortress  is  our  God,  a  good  defence  and  weapon: 
He  helps  us  free  from  all  our  troubles  which  have  now 

befallen  us. 
The  old  evil  enemy,  he  is  now  seriously  going  to  work; 
Great  power  and  much  cunning  are  his  ciniel  equipments, 
There  is  none  like  him  on  the  earth. 

IL 

With  our  own  strength  nothing  can  be  done,  we  are  very 

soon  lost: 
For  us  the  right  man  is  fighting,  whom  God  liimself  has 

chosen. 
Do  you  ask,  who  he  is?     His  name  is  Jesus  Christ, 
The  Lord  Jehovah,  and  there  is  no  other  God; 
He  must  hold  the  field. 


III. 

And  if  the  world  were  full  of  devils,  ready  to  devour  us, 
We   are   by   no   means   much   afraid,   for   finally   we   must 

overcome 
The  prince  of  this  world,  however  badly  he  may  behave, 
He   cannot   injure    us,    and   the   reason   is,    because    he    is 

judged; 
A  little  word  can  lay  him  low. 

IV. 

That  word  they  shall  suffer  to  remain,  and  not  to  be  thanked 

for  either: 
He  is  with  us  in  the  field,  with  his  Spirit  and  his  gifts. 
If   they   take    from   us    body,    property,    honor,    child    and 

wife, 
Let  them  all  be  taken  away,  they  have  yet  no  gain  from  it. 
The  kingdom  of  heaven  must  remain  with  us. 

(The  above  is  from  a  hymn  book  A.  D.   1741.     In  one 
printed  in  1826,  and  now  (1838)  in  use  in  Pennsylvania,  the 
following  is  added :) 
Praise,  honor  and  glory  to  the  Highest  God,  the  Father  of 

all  Mercy. 
Who  has  given  us  out  of  love  His  Son,  for  the  sake  of  our 

defects. 
Together    with    the    Holy    Spirit.     He    calls    us    to    the 

Kingdom : 
He  takes  away  from  us  our  sins,  and  shows  the  way  to 

heaven ; 
May  He  joyfully  aid  us.     Amen. 


APPENDIX   D. 

A  copy  of  the  marriage  certificate  of  Jacob  Schell : 
Whereas,  Jacob  Schell  of  Markham  and  Elisabeth  Eyer 
of  the  same  place,  were  desirous  of  intermarrying  with  each 
other,  and  there  being  no  parson  or  Minister  of  the  Church 
of  England,  being  within  eighteen  miles  of  them  or  either 
of  them,  they  have  applied  to  me  for  that  purpose;  now 
these  are  to  certify  that  in  pursuance  of  the  powers  granted 
by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  this  Province  passed  in  the 
thirty-third  year  of  his  majesty's  Reign,  I,  James  Mills,  one 
of  his  majesty's  Justices  of  the  peace  have  caused  the  pre- 
vious notice  by  the  Statute  required  to  be  given,  have  this 
day  married  the  said  Jacob  Schell  and  Elisabeth  Eyer  to- 
gether and  they  are  become  legally  contracted  to  each  other 
in  marriage. 

Markham,  March  26th,  1822. 

JAMES  MILLS,  J.  P. 

his 
JACOB  X  SCHELL, 
mark 
his 
NANCY  X  SCHELL, 

mark 
JOHN  EYER, 
WILLIAM   HUNT, 

her 
ELIZA  X  HENRY, 
mark 

her 
SUSANNAH   X   HENRY, 
mark 


APPENDIX   E. 

The  following  obituary  notice  was  printed  in  the  "Sanilac 
Jeffersonian,"  Nov.  24th,  1893: 

DEATH  OF  PETER  JANETTE. 

BY  REV.  C.  DENISSEN. 

Sanilac  county  has  lost  another  of  its  early  settlers.  At 
one  o'clock  last  Friday  morning-,  November  17th,  Peter 
Janette  of  the  village  of  Lexington  expired  suddenly. 
Though  his  health  has  been  in  a  precarious  condition  this 
last  year  on  account  of  heart  trouble,  the  news  of  his  death 
caused  surprise  to  the  community. 

His  funeral  took  place  last  Monday,  November  20,  from 
St.  Denis  church  at  Lexington  and  his  remains  were  laid  to 
rest  in  the  Catholic  cemetery,  north  of  the  village. 

Mr.  Janette  leaves  Mary  Elizabeth  Janette,  his  devoted 
wife,  to  mourn  his  loss. 

Peter  Janette  descended  from  an  old  French  family  of 
Montreal,  whose  family  name  was  "Le  Tourneux."  Through 
his  grandfather,  John  Le  Tourneux  his  name  was  changed 
to  Janette.  John  in  French,  "Jean,"  the  diminutive 
"Johnnie"  in  French,  "Jeannet"  became  by  bad  spelling 
"Janette,''  and  the  descendants  of  John  Le  Tourneux  have 
been  known  ever  since  as  Janette. 

John  Le  Tourneux  (Janette)  our  Peter's  grandfather,  had 
settled  on  the  Canadian  border  of  the  Detroit  river  near 
Sandwich.  His  son  Pierre  (Peter)  Janette  secured  a  farm 
further  inland,  at  what  is  now  called  Janette's  Creek,  back 
of  Windsor,  near  Chatham,  Ont. 

Pierre  Janette  married  Cornelia  Tiffany.  Our  Peter 
Janette  was  born  at  his  father's  farm  at  Janette's  Creek  on 


—92  — 

the  i6th  of  August,  1829.  His  boyhood  was  spent  in  Dela- 
ware, Ont.  His  father  died,  and  Peter  being  the  oldest  son, 
it  became  incumbent  on  him  in  his  youth  to  manage  the 
business  of  the  family. 

True  to  his  French  ancestry,  loving  adventure,  young 
Peter  at  the  age  of  about  20  years,  became  infected  with  the 
"gold  fever"  and  went  to  California  in  1849.  He  traveled 
by  the  Atlantic  ocean  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  over  land  to 
Panama,  by  the  Pacific  ocean  to  San  Francisco. 

On  the  Pacific  coast  he  engaged  in  mining,  and  after- 
wards in  various  business  according  as  he  saw  profitable 
investments.  His  success  in  business  made  him  drift  south- 
ward. Not  liking  the  Southern  states  and  wanting  to  in- 
vest his  profits,  he  met  his  fate  in  Lexington,  Mich.,  where 
he  settled  about  the  year  1856. 

Peter  Janette  became  acquainted  with  Robert  A.  Schell 
who  also  had  been  hunting  for  gold  in  California.  Peter's 
mind  being  set  so  much  upon  finding  precious  things,  fell 
in  love  with  Mr.  Schell's  daughter,  Mary  Elisabeth,  and 
married  her.  In  the  numerous  contracts  that  Peter  Janette 
has  made  during  his  busy  life,  he  never  made  a  better  one. 

His  first  business  in  Lexington  was  buying  shingles  and 
staves,  a  business  which  was  carried  on  extensively  at  that 
time  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Huron. 

At  the  beginning  of  President  Buchanan's  administra- 
tion, he  was  appointed  mail  contractor  between  Port  Huron 
and  Port  Austin.  He  remained  at  that  business  for  several 
years.  He  also,  at  the  same  time,  secured  the  contract  to 
carry  the  mail  between  Flint  and  Saginaw;  this  was  before  a 
railroad  was  built  there.  In  connection  with  this  contract 
he  opened  a  line  of  numerous  stage  coaches  between  those 
cities.  Up  to  the  year  1875  the  shore  of  Lake  Huron,  be- 
tween Port  Huron  and  Port  Austin,  saw  daily  Petei 
Janette's  stage  coaches,  with  many  a  reckless  driver,  accom- 


^93— 

modating  the  public  with  mail,  express  and  passengers. 
Previous  to  this,  in  the  early  6o's,  Mr.  Janette  was  in  part- 
nership with  Jeremiah  Jenks,  who  died  lately  at  Sand  Beach, 
Mich.  They  carried  on  a  business  of  lively  and  stageing  at 
the  old  Cadillac  of  Lexington. 

At  the  same  time  Mr.  Janette  cultivated  two  good-sized 
farms  and  made  stageing  and  farming  lend  each  other  a 
helping  hand  to  make  fair  profits.  Of  late  years  he  has 
been  engaged  extensively  in  the  grain  business.  The  farm- 
ers from  Port  Huron  northwards  as  far  as  Huron  county, 
will  remember  him  well  on  account  of  his  great  ambition  to 
compete  with  other  grain  dealers.  Occasionally  Peter 
would  be  out  of  his  ordinary  business,  and  have  a  drove 
of  cattle  or  a  train  load  of  hay  or  some  other  merchandise 
and  make  a  trip  to  Buffalo,  Chicago  or  New  York.  These 
trips,  it  seems,  were  not  exclusively  for  profit,  Peter  knew 
how  to  draw  pleasure  from  his  business.  He  was  a  man 
who  liked  to  see  the  world,  its  inhabitants  and  curiosities. 

Some  years  ago  Peter  Janette  was  appointed  adminis- 
trator of  a  large  estate,  left  by  his  two  aunts,  the  Mesdames 
Janette,  in  Windsor,  Ont.  Much  of  his  time  was  taken  up 
in  improving  and  administermg  the  estate.  Being  one  of 
the  heirs,  he  became  a  large  real  estate  owner  in  Windsor. 
He  platted  the  old  farm  in  city  lots,  and  Janette  street  will 
perpetuate  the  family  name. 

On  December  5th,  1892,  Sunday,  he  was  taken  sick  in 
St.  Charles'  church,  Detroit,  with  heart  trouble.  The  resi- 
dence of  Rev.  C.  Denissen,  his  old  friend,  was  near  at  hand, 
and  he  was  confined  to  bed  there  about  two  weeks  before  he 
could  be  removed  to  his  home  in  Lexington.  Since  then 
his  friends  have  been  in  constant  anxiety  about  his  life 
Good  nursing  and  extreme  care  made  him  live  until  Novem- 
ber 17,  1893. 


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In  religion  Peter  Janette,  like  his  forefathers,  belonged  to 
the  Catholic  church. 

In  politics  he  was  a  democrat,  always  willing  though  to 
split  his  ticket  for  the  best  man. 

The  business  he  was  engaged  in,  being  profitable  to  him- 
self, was  at  the  same  time  advantageous  to  his  vicinity. 

Peter  Janette  was  a  man  who  longed  for  society  and  social 
talks;  he  was  lonesome  without  his  fellow-beings.  He  had 
the  French  characteristic  of  being  frank  and  at  the  same 
time  polite  and  kind  hearted.  He  was  true  to  his  friends 
and  at  their  service. 

At  home  he  provided  generously  and  abundantly;  and 
for  hospitality  the  Janette  home  of  Lexington  is  famous. 
As  husband  he  adored  his  estimable  wife,  fully  convinced 
that  she  is  one  of  the  truest  and  most  brilliant  jewels  of 
womanhood. 


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